Active Recreation Through Community-Healthcare Engagement Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

202 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-07

Study Completion Date

2020-05-01

Brief Summary

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Current obesity treatment guidelines recommend 26 or more hours of behavior treatment, delivered over a 6-month period in a multidisciplinary weight management clinic. However, this guideline is not feasible in real-world clinic settings where medical visits are costly and poorly reimbursed, and attrition is high, particularly among the most vulnerable children. The National Collaborative on Child Obesity Research has issued a call for research investigating healthcare-community partnerships to improve the effectiveness of child obesity treatment. The World Health Organization supports this approach, and in 2015 modified the chronic disease model to include healthcare-community integration. ARCHES is a three-year project that will develop and evaluate an effective, engaging, and scalable community-healthcare treatment option for low-income and racially diverse children. The project engages four communities in North Carolina and facilitates a local clinic-community partnership, supports the development of an integrated childhood obesity treatment program, and evaluates the feasibility of the integrated program model. The effectiveness of the integrated model will also be evaluated, as we will monitor patient outcomes associated with participation. Participation among teens (ages 11-18) will be incentivized where teen/caregiver dyads will be randomized to a gain or loss frame group at the beginning of the study and have the opportunity to receive and redeem points for attending sessions. Patient and process outcomes associated with participation in the integrated model with and without financial incentives will be evaluated.

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Detailed Description

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The investigators propose a three-year project to evaluate the implementation feasibility and effectiveness of an integrated clinic-community model of child obesity treatment. The investigators will engage four communities in North Carolina, facilitate a local clinic-community partnership, support the development of an integrated child obesity treatment program, and monitor outcomes. To evaluate implementation feasibility the investigators will measure fidelity, reach, acceptability, uptake and cost. To evaluate the program model the investigators will conduct a classical program evaluation by monitoring aggregate referral, enrollment and attendance data, as well as safety and patient satisfaction. To report patient outcomes associated with participation in the integrated model, the investigators will measure participant-level outcomes over a 6-month period, including changes in nutrition and physical activity behaviors, quality of life, cardiovascular fitness, and body mass index.

Conditions

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Childhood Obesity Quality of Life

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The investigators will conduct a mixed-methods study using focus groups and interviews to explore the facilitators and barriers to program implementation, and a time-series analysis to examine program engagement and individual health outcomes. This study design will be repeated at each of the four sites. Aim 1 will consent and enroll program providers to obtain qualitative feedback on program design and implementation; Aim 2 will collect de-identified program-level data on attendance and program components; Aim 3 will consent patients for individual-level baseline and outcomes data.Subjects will be enrolled at our community sites. A research assistant will conduct all the enrollment, consent, and data collection. Where needed, the investigators will report or obtain required IRB authorization agreements for each site, including Federal Wide Assurances, Data Transfer Agreements, or other documents as required by federal regulation.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Durham County

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of comprehensive wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a local community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Richmond/Montgomery Counties

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of comprehensive wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a local community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

TBD

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of comprehensive wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a local community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

To be determined

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of comprehensive wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a local community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Interventions

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Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment

The intervention will include nutrition and fitness programming at a local community center. The program will be open at least two sessions per week, each session lasting at least 1 hour. The program coordinator will run the programming, which will consist of wellness activities. Each session will include at least 60 minutes of exercise and/or active play, and each session will have an additional special "theme." For example, one session might include a cardio focused class, and one session might include a yoga class. The number and which sessions the participants attend each week is voluntary; clinic staff will recommend participation in as many sessions per week as possible. Participation is voluntary, and patients may opt-out at any time. Participants will be told that they can indicate to their provider or the program coordinator at any time either by phone or during the clinic appointment that they wish to opt-out of the study and its assessments.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Child aged 2-17 years
* Child with age- and gender-specific BMI ≥ 85th percentile

Exclusion:

* Inability to read and write in English or Spanish
* Parent with severe medical or mental health condition limiting ability to attend appointments
* Child with severe medical or mental health condition limiting ability to attend appointments or participate in behavioral therapies
* Parent and child live greater than 50 miles from the clinic and community center
* Plan to move out of state in the next 6 months, or plan to live in another state for 2 months or longer within the next 6 months (ex., summer vacation).
* Child with medical condition as cause of obesity (e.g., hypothyroidism, Cushing's Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, drug-induced obesity)

Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes