Digital Wellness Nurse - FIT Families: Virtual Family Intervention for Adolescent Obesity
Machine and Human Interaction
Summary
The purpose of the research is to evaluate the digital wellness nurse (DWN) app to find out if it is helpful in delivering the FIT Families intervention. The study is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Description
The focus of the DWN for this study, in collaboration with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), is to evaluate its feasibility in delivering key components of FIT Families (HL155793), a multicomponent behavioral intervention designed to treat 12-to-17-year-old African American (AA) adolescents with obesity (AAAO). The study aims to expand the FIT Families intervention through a digital adaptation that utilizes mobile technology and automation to increase access and adherence. Specifically, the DWN platform will assist AAAOs and their primary caregivers (participants) in understand…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 12–17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adolescents (ages 12-17) 2. Adolescent BMI ≥ 90th percentile for age and gender 3. Primary caregiver either overweight (BMI 25.0 to 29.9) or obese (BMI ≥ 30) and willing to participate in treatment 4. Adolescent residing primarily with the primary caregiver in a rural community (RUCA Codes 4-10) 5. Both caregiver and adolescent must have (separate) Android or Apple (iOS) smartphone with mobile internet connection 6. Adolescent and caregiver are English proficient 7. Supporters must be 18 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria for youth only:…
Interventions
- BehavioralDigital Wellness Nurse - FIT Families
Participants in this arm will receive a digital adaptation of FIT families, an evidenced based treatment for adolescent obesity. The social support condition will add one additional participant to the treatment group (i.e., caregiver, youth, community health worker, and social support person). The social support person's role is to review the daily engagement reports and completion of weekly goals and provide encouragement via peer-to-peer messaging in the DWN app. The social support person does not communicate with the CHW or participate in any treatment sessions. This person is selected by the family at the beginning of the study and provides reinforcement to the family through encouraging messages.
Location
- MUSC - Division of Global and Community HealthCharleston, South Carolina