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Conversation Cards for Adolescents and Goal-Setting for Obesity

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Led By Geoff DC Ball, PhD, RD

Research Sponsored by University of Alberta

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up at study end point, an average of 1 year

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

Providers are not opportunistic enough in addressing lifestyle habits of teens, and can benefit from appropriate tools to support their conversations with families as well as engage all family members in making changes. Since most teens with obesity do not meet minimum lifestyle recommendations, our team developed Conversation Cards for Adolescents (CCAs), a tool to help teens and providers communicate and set lifestyle goals together. In this study, the investigators will (i) observe if and how CCAs fit in a clinical setting for changing teen-provider interactions and teens's lifestyle habits, (ii) ask teens and providers for their thoughts on CCAs and how they are used, and (iii) determine preliminary impact of CCAs on teen behaviors and clinical factors. The investigators will do this with around 50 teens from a primary/secondary care clinic in Edmonton, Alberta. Teens will be randomized to one of two groups - one group will use CCAs in their appointment with their providers to set a goal for change, while the other will also set a goal for change, but without using CCAs. Results from this study will give us insight into how CCAs are best used in a clinical setting and will help us plan a future full-scale study.

Eligible Conditions

Obesity
Health Behaviors
Primary Care
Lifestyle
Health Communication

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ at study end point, an average of 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~at study end point, an average of 1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and at study end point, an average of 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Feasibility outcomes for resource, management, and scientific assessments per open-ended questions outlined by Tickle-Degnen's (2013)

Secondary outcome measures

Appointment length using a timer on the study-specific iPad

Collaborative goal-setting using the Patient Perception of Collaborative Goal-Setting

Degree of effort and achievement of treatment goals using researcher-developed questions

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Conversation Cards for Adolescents and Goal-SettingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Adolescents in the experimental arm will receive the tool 15 minutes prior to their appointment with their primary care provider. They will be instructed to familiarize themselves with the tool and to select the top 3 factors that resonate most with them in their attemps to change their lifestyle habits. They will then proceed to their clinical appointment to set one S.M.A.R.T. goal based on their selections and in collaboration with their primary care provider.

Group II: Goal-SettingActive Control1 Intervention

Adolescents in the control arm will not complete the tool activity, but will still set a S.M.A.R.T. goal with their primary care provider.

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