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Stepwise care model for obesity prevention and therapy in childhood and adolescence

Stepwise care model for obesity prevention and therapy in childhood and adolescence - STARKIDS

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00022813
Enrollment
1000
Registered
2020-11-27
Start date
2022-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Overweight E66

Interventions

Group 1: Receives the STARKIDS program: computer-based, outpatient training at the pediatric practice with online resource for deepening of the training contents (step 1) for the duration of 1 year
independent case management by the local health authority for overweight/obese children and adolescents with initially moderate or no success in the training (step 2) for the duration of 6 months. Tot

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Families with at least one child or adolescent between 3 and 17 years with overweight (body Mass Index >90. percentile) or obesity (body Mass Index > 97. percentile) - In the public health insurance and part of the “HzV contract” of the health insurance company AOK Baden-Württemberg (pediatric module) - adequate knowledge of the German language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - prior participation in a interdisciplinary obesity training for the duration of one year or more - participation in a child rehabilitation or inpatient treatment for weight loss within the past year - severe other systemic disease of the child/adolescent - severe other psycho-social stress or disease of the child/adolescent which is not associated with overweight/adiposity (e.g. treatment of a schizophrenic disorder (ICD F2) with appetite-enhancing medication such as neuroleptic drugs)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
BMI-SDSLMS (calculated via validated measures of height and weight taken at the pediatric practice) at all main measurement time-points as well as health-related quality of life measured by the KINDL-R questionnaire at all main measurement time-points

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
somatic parameters of comorbidities of obesity measured in physical examinations by the pediatrician at all main measurement time-points (e.g. cardiovascular diseases, development of puberty, skin diseases, bone and joint problems, respiratory problems, liver diseases, blood levels). Questionnaires about lifestyle and psychosocial parameters at all main measurement time-points: eating behavior (DEBQ-K, FFQ), physical activity (Momo-AFB, BSA-F), self-concordance of sport- and exercise-related goals (SSK-scale), physical activity enjoyment (PACES), exercise- and sport-related motives (BMZI), exercise-related support by family (SU-F) and friends (SU-B), use of media and sleep (adapted from the KiGGS study), readiness to change (URICA-S/PURICA-S), eating disorder examination (EDE-Q8/ChEDE-Q8), family functioning (SCORE-15), perceived stress (PSQ-20), family climate and joint activities (items from the i.Family study), strengths and difficulties (SDQ-Deu-S), body image (scales from the EDI-2 and IEG-K), health economics evaluation (MRV), process evaluation (quantitative and qualitative).

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKatrin Ziser

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

starkids@med.uni-tuebingen.de07071 29 62611

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026