Status:
COMPLETED
Healthcare Text Messaging to Improve Diet, Physical Activity and Weight Loss in a Pediatric Lipid Clinic
Lead Sponsor:
University of Florida
Conditions:
Pediatric Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
11-21 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if health-related text messages sent from healthcare providers to overweight and obese adolescents enrolled at a pediatric lipid clinic will result in increas...
Detailed Description
Phase 1: We will recruit 5 participants the from the UF Pediatric Lipid and Obesity clinic for pre-intervention cognitive interviewing to assess acceptability of the intervention and request their inp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Phase 1:
- Adolescents age 13-17
- Overweight or obese (BMI \> 85th percentile)
- Attend or will start attending UF Pediatric Lipid Clinic during the study period
- Own a cell phone that can receive text messages
Exclusion
- Current diagnosis of a psychiatric eating disorder (anorexia nervosa or bulimia)
- Pregnancy
- Medical disease that would contraindicate moderate physical activity, as determined by clinician (MD or NP) from the Lipid Clinic
- Phase 2:
- Inclusion criteria
- Ages 11-21
- Overweight or obese (BMI \> 85th percentile)
- Attend or will start attending UF Health Pediatric Lipid and Obesity Clinic,UF Health Pediatric Headache Clinic or UF Health Congenital Heart Center during the study period
- Own a cell phone that can receive text messages (or parent owns a cell phone that can receive text messages)
- Exclusion criteria
- Current diagnosis of a psychiatric eating disorder (anorexia nervosa or bulimia)
- Pregnancy
- Medical disease that would contraindicate moderate physical activity
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 15 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
148 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02228278
Start Date
April 1 2015
End Date
February 15 2019
Last Update
April 16 2019
Active Locations (3)
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1
University of Florida Gerold L Schiebler Children's Medical Services Center, Pediatric Lipid and Obesity Clinic
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608
2
University of Florida Shands Medical Plaza, Pediatric Lipid and Obesity Clinic
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608
3
UF Health and Congenital Heart Center
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207