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Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS)

NCT ID: NCT00959309

Last Updated: 2017-11-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-10-31

Study Completion Date

2009-12-31

Brief Summary

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Childhood obesity is an epidemic and increasing. There are very few effective treatments for obesity in children. Recent studies have shown an association between obesity and sedentary behaviors such as television, video viewing and playing video games ('screen time') in preschool aged children. A school based intervention to reduce screen time in older children has been effective in preventing obesity.

The reduction of screen time may lead to the prevention of obesity and its complications in preschool children.

Detailed Description

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There have been no trials examining an intervention to decrease screen time in preschool children in the physician office setting. This setting is appealing for interventions directed to preschool children because of accessibility. In addition, other public health interventions implemented in a physician office setting, such as home safety advice, have been effective.

The proposed study design will be a randomized controlled trial. The intervention group will receive the study intervention, which is a 15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time.

The objective of this study is to determine if an office based intervention is effective in decreasing screen time (television, video viewing and playing video games) in preschool children.

Conditions

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Obesity

Keywords

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pediatrics media MUPS

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Strategies to decrease screen time in children

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time (removing televisions from the child's bedroom, budgeting screen time, providing a contingency plan for time spent not watching TV, encouraging family meal time, and implementing a one week television turn off, where children are encouraged to spend one week without watching TV/videos). Activities for the child include reading a story about television viewing (The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV), and creating a list of non TV related activities to replace TV time. The intervention group will receive a CPS handout titled 'Promoting Good Television Habits' and a calendar with stickers for the television turn off.

Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')

Control

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Non-Strategical Media Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')

Interventions

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Strategies to decrease screen time in children

15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time (removing televisions from the child's bedroom, budgeting screen time, providing a contingency plan for time spent not watching TV, encouraging family meal time, and implementing a one week television turn off, where children are encouraged to spend one week without watching TV/videos). Activities for the child include reading a story about television viewing (The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV), and creating a list of non TV related activities to replace TV time. The intervention group will receive a CPS handout titled 'Promoting Good Television Habits' and a calendar with stickers for the television turn off.

Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Non-Strategical Media Education

Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* registered to attend a 3 year old well child visit

Exclusion Criteria

* children with limitations in ambulation or cognitive delay will be excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

3 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Hospital for Sick Children

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Catherine Birken

Staff Paediatrician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Catherine Birken, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

Locations

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The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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1000009542

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id