Self-Weighing for Adolescents Seeking Obesity Treatment
This study is looking at different ways to help adolescents (ages 12-17) with obesity manage their weight. It involves 99 participants who will receive standard care for obesity. Some participants will also be encouraged to weigh themselves daily at home using a simple scale, while others will use a 'smart' scale that connects to their electronic health record (EHR). The main goal is to see if these scales can be easily connected to the EHR and if daily weighing is practical. Researchers will also gather feedback on what participants think about tracking their weight daily. To join, you must be between 12 and 17 years old with a Body Mass Index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study will include 99 participants who will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: usual care, usual care plus a simple scale, or usual care plus an EHR-connected scale.
- What's involved
- You would provide survey data at the start, 2, 4, 6, and 12 weeks, and participate in an interview at 12 weeks.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 12 weeks.
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Self-Weighing for Adolescents Seeking Obesity Treatment
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Carolyn Bramante, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Minnesota
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What this trial measures
- Feasibility of connecting the Smart scales to the EHR and access home weights through the EHR12 weeks
Feasibility will be measured by determining if the clinic staff can successfully connect scales to the EHR and access home weights through the EHR. Staff will record time required to connect the scale, answer questions and trouble-shoot problems that arise with the scale between visits to understand the time burden of this intervention.
- Feasibility of collecting daily weights.12 weeks
Participants who are randomized to the simple scale and the EHR-connected scale will be asked to weigh themselves daily (which we anticipate will be 5-7 days per week). Participants who were randomized to the EHR-connected device will have their adherence measured by looking at the EHR to see how many daily weights were completed. Participants randomized to the simple scale will be self-reporting how many times per week they weighed themselves at home with the simple scale
- Perceptions of daily weight tracking.12 weeks
Participants who are randomized to perform daily weighing on a simple scale and on an EHR-connected scale will be asked about their perceptions of having to perform this task on a daily basis via a questionnaire. The questionnaire will be a Likert scale from 0 (not helpful, not motivated, not interesting, not satisfying) to 8 (extremely helpful, extremely motivated, extremely interesting, extremely satisfying).