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Pain and Weight Treatment: Development and Trial of PAW

Description

Pediatric weight management efficacy is impacted by failure to complete treatment protocols and, for those that do complete treatment, a return to unhealthy behaviors. This project tests whether treating pain, a common comorbid condition to pediatric obesity, will enhance treatment. This study will generate results that can be translated into immediate improvements in care for families seeking treatment for pediatric obesity.

Conditions

Obesity, AdolescentPain, ChronicCBT
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Obesity, AdolescentPain, ChronicCBT

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Study Details

Study overview

Pediatric weight management efficacy is impacted by failure to complete treatment protocols and, for those that do complete treatment, a return to unhealthy behaviors. This project tests whether treating pain, a common comorbid condition to pediatric obesity, will enhance treatment. This study will generate results that can be translated into immediate improvements in care for families seeking treatment for pediatric obesity.

Pain and Weight Treatment: Development and Trial of PAW

Pain and Weight Treatment: Development and Trial of PAW

Condition
Obesity, Adolescent
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Hartford

Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Males and females between 12 and 18 years of age
  • * Ability to speak, write and read English
  • * A parent or guardian who speaks, writes and reads English
  • * Signed consent and assent from the child and parent
  • * Enrollment in a weight management program
  • * Score greater than 3 on the Pain Burden Inventory at screening (in order to recruit adolescents who experience more than just general aches and pains).
  • * Youth reporting musculoskeletal pain
  • * Parent or guardian unable to participate
  • * Patients on weight reducing medications
  • * Severe psychiatric illness (i.e., suicidal or hospitalization within past 6 months)
  • * Medical conditions such as Type 1 diabetes

Ages Eligible for Study

12 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Connecticut Children's Medical Center,

Melissa Santos, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2025-05