A pilot study of the effectiveness of maintenance treatment by Short Message Service (SMS) in overweight and obese children after short-term multidisciplinary cognitive behavioural group therapy

Short Message Service Maintenance Treatment (SMSMT) and the influence on dropout, lifestyle behaviour, competence and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN33476574

Enrollment

150

Registered

2010-04-29

Start date

2007-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Childhood obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Interventions

Cognitive behavioural group therapy (CBGT): The Big Friends Club intervention. The BFC program is a family-based multidisciplinary cognitive behavioural group therapy (CBGT) intervention for children

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Overweight and obese children (Body Mass Index-Standard Deviation Score [BMI-SDS] = 1.1) 2. Aged 7 to 12 years 3. Youth Outcome Questionnaire [Y-OQ] < 46 4. Command of Dutch language 5. No drug-treatable disease as the cause of excess weight 6. No diagnosis of eating disorder as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-IV)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Behavioural problems defined as a score exceeding 70 on the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) 2. Drug-treatable disease as the cause of excess weight 3. Mental retardation 4. Insufficiently fluent in the Dutch language 5. Parents or a child with insufficiently motivation to actively participate in the program

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Dropout rate	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. BMI-SDS, measured at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months 2. Problem behaviour, measured with Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) at baseline, 3 and 12 months 3. Family functioning, measured with the Dutch version of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES III) at baseline, 3 and 12 months 4. Health-related quality of life, measured with the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form (CHQ-PF-50) at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months 5. Perceived competence, measured with Dutch version of the Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months 6. Eating behaviour, measured with the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. BMI-SDS, measured at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months 2. Problem behaviour, measured with Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) at baseline, 3 and 12 months 3. Family functioning, measured with the Dutch version of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES III) at baseline, 3 and 12 months 4. Health-related quality of life, measured with the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form (CHQ-PF-50) at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months 5. Perceived competence, measured with Dutch version of the Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months 6. Eating behaviour, measured with the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026