Nutritional and metabolic diseases
Conditions
Interventions
The study aims to determine the effects of using a serious game as an educational strategy obesity coping in school children.
the participants that will be randomized patients are already attending t
Device
J01.897.280
F01.145.113.547
Sponsors
Escola de Educação Física e Esporte de Ribeirão Preto
Escola Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
Eligibility
Age
8 Years to 14 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: aged 8-14 years; with body mass index (BMI) percentile 85; allowed to play video games; who can read; that are being followed in an outpatient clinic obesity.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: with Diabetes Mellitus or celiac disease; who have arthritis; that have hormonal dysfunctions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: change of behavior of school children in relation to obesity. It will be identified stage of change eating behavior and physical activity through the Stage of Change Questionnaire (SOC). To respond to the objective of the research will be compared to changing the behavior of participants in the intervention group (IG) and control group (CG) in the first time and after 6 months of application of the intervention (serious game), using the chi-square test . It will be used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0 for Windows for processing and analysis of data. For the main dependent variables were estimated hazard ratio measures and confidence intervals at 95%. It will be adopted as significance level the value 0.05. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJessica;Luciana Mara Dias;Fonseca
Escola Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto;Escola Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
Outcome results
None listed