An interventional study of WellWe-Intervention group in Health Behavior and Healthy, sponsored by University of Turku. Status unknown at 1 site in Finland. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-11.
Sponsored by University of Turku · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The study evaluates the effectiveness of the WellWe-intervention in promotion of parental self-efficacy for healthy behaviors and mindfulness in parenting from the perspective of families. Aim is also to evaluate the effectiveness of the WellWe-intervention in facilitation of family-centered approach of the health visit in Child health clinic perceived by the families and Public health nurses (PHN). Half of the participants will receive WellWe-intervention and half of the participants will receive usual care.
Families with pre-school aged children attend to regular health visits in Child health clinics on a yearly basis. During the health visits PHNs assess and promote the health and wellbeing of the whole family through health discussions.
In this study we aim to evaluate whether the addition of gamified method into the health discussion promotes healthy behaviors and mindfulness of the families and increases the family-centered approach of health visit compared to the traditional method.
WellWe-intervention includes the use of gamified WellWe app at home and during the health discussion in the Child health clinic. Usual care includes paper-based questionnaires filled by the parents and health discussion using these questionnaires in the Child health clinic.
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WellWe-intervention includes the use of WellWe-app to assess the current situation of the wellbeing of the family at home and utilizing these results using WellWe-app during the health visit in Child health clinic.
Device: WellWe-Intervention group
Usual care includes the filling of normal paper-based questionnaires to assess the current situation of the wellbeing of the family at home and utilizing these results during the normal health visit in Child health clinic.
Participants (families) allocated to the intervention group get to use WellWe-app before entering to health visit to assess the current situation of their wellbeing and utilizing these results during the health visit. The access to WellWe-app is permitted throughout the data collection period. Participants (PHNs) randomized to the intervention group get standardized two hour WellWe-training, WellWe-handbook and full access to the WellWe-app during the data collection period.
Change in Parental Self-Efficacy for Healthy Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors in Preschoolers Scale (PDAP)
In this study we use version of the PDAP consisting of 21 items covering contextual circumstances that may either facilitate or impede parental self-efficacy (PSE) for promoting healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors in preschool children. Responses are made on an 11-point Likert scale, with anchors at 0 (not at all confident), 5 (moderately confident), and 10 (completely confident).
Time frame: at baseline, an average of 2 weeks and an average of 4 months
Change in Mindfulness In Parenting Questionnaire (MIPQ)
In this study we use the version of the MIPQ including 28 items. For each item, parents respond using a four-point Likert-type rating scale: infrequently (1), sometimes (2), often (3), or almost always (4).
Time frame: at baseline and an average of 4 months
Questionnaire on the family-centered approach of the health visit
Questionnaire developed for the purpose of the study for families consists of 6 dichotomous questions (yes/no) and one open-ended question. Questionnaire for the PHNs consists of 3 dichotomous questions (yes/no) and 3 items with four-point Likert-type rating scale and one open-ended question.
Time frame: an average of 2 weeks
Questionnaire on the background information on the family
Questionnaire developed for the study purposes includes questions of the respondent's gender, age, education, occupation, family circumstances.
Time frame: at baseline
Started May 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for May 2018, 12 months after the start.
Of 568 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Health Behavior, half reached primary completion within 15 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 33. This study's planned 12 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 586 studies reached it within 15 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 32.
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