National Adolescent Treatment Trial for Obesity in Kuwait (NATTO) : project design and results of a randomised controlled trial of a good practice approach to treatment of adolescent obesity in Kuwait
Boodai, Shurooq A and McColl, John H and Reilly, John J (2014) National Adolescent Treatment Trial for Obesity in Kuwait (NATTO) : project design and results of a randomised controlled trial of a good practice approach to treatment of adolescent obesity in Kuwait. Trials, 15. 234. ISSN 1745-6215 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-234)
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Abstract
Few randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions for the treatment of adolescent obesity have taken place outside the western world. This RCT tested whether a simple ‘good practice’ intervention for the treatment of adolescent obesity would have a greater impact on weight status and other outcomes than a referral to primary care (control) in adolescents in Kuwait City. We report on an assessor-blinded RCT of a treatment intervention in 82 obese 10- to 14-year-olds (mean age 12.4, SD 1.2 years), randomised to a good practice treatment or primary care control group over 6 months. The good practice intervention was intended as relatively low intensity (6 hours contact over 24 weeks, group-based), aiming to change sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and diet. The primary outcome was a change in body mass index (BMI) Z score; other outcomes were changes in waist circumference and blood pressure. The retention of subjects to follow up was acceptable (n = 31 from the intervention group, and n = 32 from the control group), but engagement with both the intervention and control treatment was poor. Treatment had no significant effect on BMI Z score relative to control, and no other significant benefits to intervention were observed. The trial was feasible, but highlights the need to engage obese adolescents and their families in the interventions being trialled. The trial should inform the development of future adolescent obesity treatment trials in the Gulf States with the incorporation of qualitative assessment in future intervention trials.
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Item type: Article ID code: 52976 Dates: DateEvent19 June 2014PublishedSubjects: Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition
Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health servicesDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Physical Activity for Health Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 12 May 2015 13:59 Last modified: 14 Aug 2024 01:05 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/52976