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Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00959309
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 14, 2009
Last Update Posted : November 13, 2017
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Catherine Birken, The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

Childhood obesity is an epidemic and increasing. There are very few effective treatments for obesity in children. Recent studies have shown an association between obesity and sedentary behaviors such as television, video viewing and playing video games ('screen time') in preschool aged children. A school based intervention to reduce screen time in older children has been effective in preventing obesity.

The reduction of screen time may lead to the prevention of obesity and its complications in preschool children.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Obesity Behavioral: Strategies to decrease screen time in children Behavioral: Non-Strategical Media Education Phase 4

Detailed Description:

There have been no trials examining an intervention to decrease screen time in preschool children in the physician office setting. This setting is appealing for interventions directed to preschool children because of accessibility. In addition, other public health interventions implemented in a physician office setting, such as home safety advice, have been effective.

The proposed study design will be a randomized controlled trial. The intervention group will receive the study intervention, which is a 15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time.

The objective of this study is to determine if an office based intervention is effective in decreasing screen time (television, video viewing and playing video games) in preschool children.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 160 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS) An Office Based Intervention to Improve Media Use in Preschool Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Start Date : October 2007
Actual Primary Completion Date : December 2009
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2009

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MedlinePlus related topics: Toddler Health

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Intervention Behavioral: Strategies to decrease screen time in children

15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time (removing televisions from the child's bedroom, budgeting screen time, providing a contingency plan for time spent not watching TV, encouraging family meal time, and implementing a one week television turn off, where children are encouraged to spend one week without watching TV/videos). Activities for the child include reading a story about television viewing (The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV), and creating a list of non TV related activities to replace TV time. The intervention group will receive a CPS handout titled 'Promoting Good Television Habits' and a calendar with stickers for the television turn off.

Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')
Active Comparator: Control Behavioral: Non-Strategical Media Education
Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Parent reported number of hours screen time on the previous weekday and previous weekend day [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of meals in front of the TV [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ]
  2. Activity levels [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ]
  3. Anthropometric measures [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study:   3 Years to 3 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • registered to attend a 3 year old well child visit

Exclusion Criteria:

  • children with limitations in ambulation or cognitive delay will be excluded from the study.
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Locations
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Canada, Ontario
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
Sponsors and Collaborators
The Hospital for Sick Children
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Catherine Birken, MD The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada
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Additional Information:

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Responsible Party: Catherine Birken, Staff Paediatrician, The Hospital for Sick Children
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00959309    
Other Study ID Numbers: 1000009542
First Posted: August 14, 2009    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 13, 2017
Last Verified: November 2017
Keywords provided by Catherine Birken, The Hospital for Sick Children:
pediatrics
media
MUPS