Investigating the impact of a health game targeting children’s impulse control towards food and eating behaviour

Investigating the impact of a Go/No-Go health game targeting children’s impulse inhibition towards food and eating behaviour

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23366

Enrollment

140

Registered

2017-05-18

Start date

2017-07-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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

Conditions

Health Game, Serious Game, Children, Treatment, Overweight, Obesity, Impulse control, Inhibition, Go/No-Go paradigm. Kinderen, Behandeling, Overgewicht, Obesitas, Impulsecontrole, Impulsebeheersing Go/No-Go paradigma.

Interventions

Children are randomly assigned to one of three conditions

1. GNG food game ‘Castle Invaders Food’. 2. GNG non-food game ‘Castle Invaders Control’. 3. Non-GNG non-food game ‘Tetris’.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children between 10 to 13 years of age; 2. Informed consent from the adolescents and one of their parents/ caregivers.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No informed consent from the adolescents and one of their parents/ caregivers; 2. Adolescents with very limited knowledge of the Dutch language.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
A change over time in impulse inhibition, measured with a modified Go/No-Go paradigm	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Eating behaviour a. Caloric intake. b. Ratio of nutrient-dense versus energy-dense snacks consumption	—

Contacts

Public ContactEva Alblas

Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University

E-mail: E.Alblas@bsi.ru.nlTel: +31 (0)24-3612348

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)