Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

NCT ID: NCT00970710

Last Updated: 2017-02-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

185 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-01-01

Study Completion Date

2017-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study aims to prevent childhood obesity with early life (pregnancy) intensified counselling. The recruited intervention group is pregnant mothers who are at risk to get gestational diabetes. Lifestyle intervention (nutritional and physical activity) begins during pregnancy in maternity clinics and continues in child wellfare clinics until the child is 5 years of age.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Childhood Obesity Pevention

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Pragmatic controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Lifestyle counseling

VACOPP (Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study): Intensified lifestyle counseling including physical activity and nutritional information beginning during maternity health care and continuing during child health care clinic visits.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Intensified counselling concerning healthy diet and suitable physical activity during pregnancy to mothers in the intervention group continuing in child health care clinic visits with the offspring until child's age of 5 year.

Interventions

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Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

Intensified counselling concerning healthy diet and suitable physical activity during pregnancy to mothers in the intervention group continuing in child health care clinic visits with the offspring until child's age of 5 year.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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VACOPP

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women who are at risk to get gestational diabetes.

Exclusion Criteria

* Foreigner with language problems
* Major psychosocial problems
* Diabetes mellitus type I or II
* Physical disability,
* Major medical problems in pregnancy
Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Foundation for Paediatric Research, Finland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vaasa Health care center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Seinajoki Central Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tampere University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tampere University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Taina Mustila

M.D. Ph.D.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Taina E. Mustila, M.D. Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Seinajoki Central Hospital

Locations

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Health care center in Vaasa

Vaasa, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Mustila T, Raitanen J, Keskinen P, Luoto R. A pragmatic controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity within a risk group at maternity and child health-care clinics: results up to six years of age (the VACOPP study). BMC Pediatr. 2018 Feb 27;18(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1065-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29486763 (View on PubMed)

Mustila T, Raitanen J, Keskinen P, Saari A, Luoto R. Pragmatic controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity in maternity and child health care clinics: pregnancy and infant weight outcomes (the VACOPP Study). BMC Pediatr. 2013 May 20;13:80. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-80.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23688259 (View on PubMed)

Mustila T, Keskinen P, Luoto R. Behavioral counseling to prevent childhood obesity--study protocol of a pragmatic trial in maternity and child health care. BMC Pediatr. 2012 Jul 3;12:93. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-93.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22759439 (View on PubMed)

Study Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Clinical Study Report

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Other Identifiers

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100454

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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