Treatment of Overweight in Children on Distance. A Comparison Between Consultations on the Hospital With Video-Consultations on Distance
Treatment of Overweight in Children on Distance. A Comparison Between Consultations on the Hospital With Video-Consultations on Distance
The present study is a public health project with the aim to treat overweight in children 9-11 years of age. After the first consultation the children are randomized to either continue the treatment at The Child Obesity Clinic, Child Department or to have the following 2-3 consultations on distance with Lync. Last visit for all children is on the Child Obesity Clinic after approximately 12 months. Follow up after at least 1 years will be performed.
This superiority study is a randomized trial with two independent treatment arms. The target for the enrollment is 50% in each of the two treatment groups.
With 60 patients in each group, the study has 80% statistical power at 5% significance level to detect an average difference between the treatment groups in the intra-individual change in the BMI Z-score that is 0.51 x the standard deviation in the intra-individual change. Previous data from the investigators own group suggest that a reasonable estimate of the standard deviation in the intra-individual change in the BMI Z-score following intervention is 0.42. Thus, the study has 80% statistical power at 5% significance level to detect a difference in the intra-individual change in the BMI Z-score that is 0.51 x 0.42 = 0.21 on average. The study will with the present funding end its follow up in June 2017.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children with overweight and not obese according to the definitions developed by Cole et al (4). It implies that we include children with the following age specific BMI Inclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria: