Clinical trial NCT02417909: Overweight, Quality of Life and Psychological Difficulties in Teenagers
Official title: Quality of Life and Psychological Difficulties in Relation With the Weight of Teenagers
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Obesity
Keywords: Obesity
quality of life
teenagers
psychological impact
Lead sponsor: Lille Catholic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-04-16
Enrollment: 173
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Two categories of teenagers will be included : obese teenagers and average weighted volonteers

Brief summary: Obesity is a major public heath issue. It may have various impacts on a patient's life by causing psychological problems, altering a patient's quality of life,etc. These led to the investigators' hypothesis which is examining the psychological dimensions of a teenager suffering for obesity.

Detailed description: There are two groups in this study : healthy volunteers and teenagers suffering from obesity.

Patients and healthy volunteers will come to the nutrition clinic center Naturalpha where the patient will complete a questionnaire. The included patients will also complete a questionnaire privately (without the presence of the parents), they will also be weighted and measured.

No further tests or questionnaires will be given after the enrollment day.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria for obese teenagers :

* Patients aged between 11 and 16 years old at the moment of enrollment.
* Body Mass Index between the 1st and 2nd degree of the obesity zone (over the 97th percentile curve regarding corpulence curves of the Plan National Nutrition Santé (PNNS) based on the gender (boys/girls))
* The teenagers have an appointment in the pediatric unit of the Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital for an examination regarding excess weight

Inclusion Criteria for average weighted teenagers :

* Patients aged between 11 and 16 years old at the moment of enrollment
* Body Mass Index located between the 3rd and the 97th percentile on the corpulence curves of the PNNS
* The teenagers and their parents have replied to and advertisement of the trial

Exclusion Criteria for obese children :

* Body Mass Index over the 97th percentile curve on the corpulence curves of the PNNS
* Handicapped teenagers

Exclusion Criteria for average weighted children :

* Body Mass Index over the 97th percentile curve or under the 3rd percentile curve on the corpulence curves of the PNNS
* Handicapped, asthmatic, obese or diabetic teenagers

Primary outcomes:
measure: Compare the quality of life of obese and average weighted teenagers
timeFrame: day of enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Compare psychopathologic symptoms (depression, anxiety and social anxiety) in both populations
timeFrame: day of enrollement
measure: Compare the satisfaction of the needs described in the theory of auto-determination in both populations
timeFrame: day fo enrollment
measure: Explore the link between endured stigmatisation and self esteem for obese teenagers
timeFrame: day of enrollment
measure: Explore the effect of the support of the needs described in the auto-determination theory and their link to endured stigmatisation, quality of life and self esteem, for obese teenagers.
timeFrame: day of enrollment
measure: Explore the possible links between the measured concepts
timeFrame: day of enrollment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Groupment des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille
name: Gronnier Pascale, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille
name: Gueorguieva Iva, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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