Attrition in Pediatric Obesity Management

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Our feasibility study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of Family Navigation (FN) to address attrition (dropout) in pediatric obesity management. Results from this study will help our team to plan a large randomized clinical trial to test the effectiveness of FN in reducing attrition. The investigators will enroll 108 6-to-17-year-olds enrolled in pediatric obesity management clinics in Calgary, AB and Mississauga, ON (Canada). One-half of the children will receive Family Navigation (FN) + Usual Care (UC) for 12 months; the other half will receive Usual Care only for 12 months. Overall, the study will take 2.5 years to complete. For children receiving FN, trained navigators will work with children and their families to reduce barriers that limit their access to health services and support. Navigators will offer extra services and resources, such as parking passes for clinic appointments and supportive text messages between appointments. FN is designed to complement the obesity management (Usual Care) received by children and their families. A Steering Committee with children, caregivers, clinicians, and researchers will be created to refine and improve our FN intervention throughout the study. By having better access to care, children and their families working with navigators may be less likely to drop out and more likely to attend more treatment appointments. Ultimately, the participants may be more likely to achieve success in managing obesity.

What you commit to

• Study type: Interventional
• Participants enrolled: 108
• From 14 Oct 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 May 2024
• 1 site in 1 country
• Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 6 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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