Clinical trial NCT00961246: Web-Based Active Balance Childhood Study in Chinese-American
Official title: Web-Based Active Balance Childhood Study in Chinese-American (Web ABC Study): A Randomized Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: web based intervention
individually-tailored
Chinese-American children
compared the changes in physical activity level
changes in dietary intake
changes in coping strategy used
changes in BMI
Lead sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2009-08-18
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study compares the feasibility and efficacy of an individually tailored, child-centered, Internet-based behavioral intervention with that of general Internet-based health information for improving health behaviors and relative weight in Chinese-American children during a 6-month period. A total of 60 children (age 10-14) and their families will be randomized to either the intervention group or control group. The intervention is based on the Social Cognitive Theory and Transtheoretical Model.

Detailed description: The proposed study will use a randomized experimental design to examine the effects of an individually tailored, Internet-based behavioral intervention program on improving health behavior (dietary intake and physical activity) and anthropometrics of Chinese-American children. A total of 60 children and their families will be recruited. The intervention will include a weekly Internet session tailored to each individual child for eight weeks and three Internet sessions for parents. Children and their parents in the control group will receive general health information on healthy eating, active lifestyles, dental care, smoking cessation, and risk taking issues via the Internet. The content of the sessions is described later. After informed consent is obtained from parents and verbal assent from the children, baseline data (T0) will be collected before assigning the children and parents to the intervention group or control group. Follow-up data for both groups will be collected at 2 months (T1), 4 months (T2) and 6 months (T3) after baseline.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Children:

* children between the ages of 10 and 14 years old who self-identify as Chinese or of Chinese origin
* reside in the Bay Area in the same household as at least one parent, can read and speak English, and have access to the Internet at home

Parents:

* parents who self-identify as Chinese or of Chinese origin
* have children between the ages of 11 and 14
* are able to read either Chinese or English
* are able to speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or English
* have access to the Internet at home

Exclusion Criteria:

* children with chronic health problems that include any dietary modifications or activity limitations will be excluded (e.g., diabetes, exercise-induced asthma)

Primary outcomes:
measure: BMI
timeFrame: baseline to 6 month follow up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: physical activity, dietary intake, coping strategy
timeFrame: baseline to 6 month follow up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Francisco
country: United States
facility: University of California San Francisco
state: California
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