A Brief Outpatient Problem-solving Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating and Activity Habits in Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT01699958

Last Updated: 2012-10-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-06-30

Study Completion Date

2012-02-29

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to refine, evaluate the feasibility, and to estimate the effect of the "healthy Living Study," a brief outpatient problem-solving intervention to promote healthy eating and activity habits in adolescents.

Detailed Description

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This study will refine, evaluate the feasibility, and estimate the effect of a brief problem-solving intervention to promote healthy eating and activity habits in adolescents. Intervention participants will receive 2 sessions of individual behavioral counseling on problem-solving skills utilizing educational videos, handouts, and worksheets. Intervention participants will be asked to generate unique health goals and practice utilizing problem-solving skills to achieve these goals.Control participants will receive standard of care. Outcomes will explore the ability to shorten the intervention, integrate the intervention into busy outpatient clinics, and estimate the effect of the intervention on confidence to maintain or improve healthy habits and to improve problem-solving skills.

Conditions

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Health Behavior

Keywords

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Problem solving therapy Behavior change

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Problem-solving intervention

2 individual sessions teaching problem-solving skills with the use of videos, handouts, and worksheets.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Problem-solving intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive 2 individual sessions teaching and reviewing problem-solving skills.

Control: Standard Care

Control arm participants will receive standard of care from their primary care provider.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Problem-solving intervention

Participants will receive 2 individual sessions teaching and reviewing problem-solving skills.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 13-18 years old
* Able to read and speak English
* Patient of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital teen clinic, weight clinic, or mobile teen van

Exclusion Criteria

* History of purging within the prior 12 months
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Leslie Gee, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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T32MH019938

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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StanfordIRB-20922

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id