Solution Focused Approach in Adolescents (SFA)

NCT ID: NCT03364205

Last Updated: 2017-12-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-09-02

Study Completion Date

2014-08-29

Brief Summary

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Aims-objectives: This study assessed the effect of the Solution Focused Approach (SFA) interview technique on overweight/obese adolescents' nutrition-exercise attitudes and behaviors.

Background: Obesity is a serious health problem for all age groups, particularly adolescents; therefore, it is important for adolescents to develop healthy nutrition habits, acquire exercise behaviors. Unless healthy nutrition-exercise behaviors are acquired, obesity can develop in adolescence, continue in adulthood. Focusing on solutions can be effective for overweight/obese adolescents to develop healthy nutrition-exercise behaviors.

Design: A pretest-posttest randomized-controlled trial design was used.

Methods: The study included 32 overweight/obese adolescents (16 for intervention group, 16 for control group) aged12-13 years who attended a health center, met the inclusion criteria. The SFA interview technique was applied to the intervention group. Eight solution-focused interviews were conducted with each adolescent at two-week intervals (interview length 30 to 45minutes). For each group, anthropometric, metabolic measurement follow-ups were conducted in the first and sixth months. The data were evaluated using independent samples t-test, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon test respectively for normally, non-normally distributed variables. The categorical variables were compared using chi-square test. The value p\<0.05 was accepted to be statistically significant.

Detailed Description

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Solution Focused Approach (SFA) interview technique is an approach that can be used by nurses who have important roles in the protection, maintenance and promotion of health in healthcare services. Because the SFA interview technique can be integrated into all dimensions of health, it enables children and adolescents to be aware of their own strengths and skills and to improve their skills. This raised awareness encourages individuals to start and maintain change. The earlier the awareness of individuals is raised, the higher the achievement level of the approach will increase. Further studies can be conducted in which the duration of the SFA interview technique follow-ups is longer. Moreover, it can be suggested that studies be conducted to analyze the cost-effectiveness of this approach.

All health professionals in general and, specifically nurses, should be educated about the SFA interview technique strategies. Nurses who carry out the SFA interviews conducted using the SFA interview technique should enable individuals to realize their own strengths. The number of interviews can be determined in accordance with the topic and the data obtained from individuals. If the interviews are carried out with school children-adolescents, attention should be paid to conduct interviews with their families. Enabling individuals to reach a solution using the SFA interview technique strategies is the major point of interviews. This result may not appear immediately. Interviews should be continued with patience to find what works in resistant individuals.

After these interviews are completed, interviews should be continued with the individuals periodically. To enable individuals to maintain their nutrition and exercise behaviors, interviews should be carried out with adolescents and their families at least twice in a month after the SFA interviews. Nurses who conduct SFA interviews can carry out individual interviews or group interviews in Endocrinology Polyclinics, Family Health Centers, or at schools as a school nurse.

Conditions

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Obesity Overweight and Obesity Adolescent Obesity

Keywords

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SFA interview technique adolescence obesity nutrition exercise

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Randomized Controlled Trials
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators
There was no intervention in the control group which was in parallel.

Study Groups

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intervention

solution-focused interview techniques

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

solution-focused interview technique

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This approach helps an individual make decisions about behavioral change, focusing particularly on his or her past achievements and looking forward to a time when the problems cease to exist.

control

This group did not apply solution-focused interview techniques.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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solution-focused interview technique

This approach helps an individual make decisions about behavioral change, focusing particularly on his or her past achievements and looking forward to a time when the problems cease to exist.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Twelve-thirteen aged between,
* Diagnosed metabolic disease, without
* BMI \>85 percentile (\>+1SD), overweight and BMI\>95 (\>+2SD) percentile obese adolescents
* Communicate
* Any conditions that interfere with exercise (who do not have disability, such as cardiac failure)

Exclusion Criteria

* From teenagers who indicated they could not continue until the end of the study,
* Metabolic disease,
* Metformin uses
* Adolescents who move out of County
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

13 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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TC Erciyes University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cumhuriyet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nurcan AKGUL-GUNDOGDU

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Emine- Ümit SEVİG, 2

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

TC Erciyes University

Nuran Güler, 3

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Cumhuriyet University

Locations

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Cumhuriyet University

Sivas, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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CumhuriyetU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id