Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
The Impact of a School-Based Weight Management Program Involving Parents via mHealth for Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Telerehabilitation in children and adolescents with intellectual disability: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Teleinterventions on Pediatric Weight Control: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Understanding the effectiveness and design of parent-oriented mobile health interventions: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Health Promotion Programs to Improve Nutrition for People with Intellectual Disability.Current nutrition reports · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Mobile Health Technology on Weight Control in Adolescents and Preteens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Extensive Review of Persuasive System Design Categories and Principles: Behavioral Obesity Interventions.Journal of medical systems · 2020Pooled it
- Leveraging Telemedicine to Manage Adolescent Obesity: A Systematic Literature Review.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Factors influencing health-related quality of life of children with overweight and obesity in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Interventions for Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: a Systematic Review.Review journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Review
- Weight loss in adolescents with down syndrome compared to adolescents with other intellectual disabilities enrolled in an 18-month randomized weight management trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Weight management recommendations for youth with Down syndrome: Expert recommendations.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Correlation of Objective Endpoints and Subjective Patient-Reported Outcomes in NAFLD Treatment with Essential Phospholipids: Real-World Data Based on Pooled Analysis of Observational Studies.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2021Article
- Weight outcomes in children with developmental disabilities from a multidisciplinary clinic.Research in developmental disabilities · 2021Article
- Physiotherapy and related management for childhood obesity: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2021Article
- Dyadic Psychosocial eHealth Interventions: Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Feedback and Strategies From People With Intellectual Disability Completing a Personalized Online Weight Loss Intervention: A Qualitative Analysis.Intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2019Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
There is a scarcity of resources and studies that utilize targeted weight management interventions to engage parents via mHealth tools targeting obese children and adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities (MIDs) extended from school to a home setting. To test the feasibility and acceptability of a school-based weight program (SBWMP) involving parents via mHealth tools designed to reduce weight, enhance knowledge and adopt healthy lifestyles, and thereby achieve better psychosocial well-being among children and adolescents with MIDs. Four special schools were randomly assigned as intervention or control schools. Students from the intervention group (n = 63) were compared to those in the control group (n = 52), which comprised those with usual school planned activities and no parental involvement. Demographics were considered as covariates in a general linear model, an ordinal regression model and a binary logistic regression model analyzing the relationships between the SBWMP and the outcome variables at baseline (T0) and six months later (T1). Body weight, body mass index, and triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness were lower in the intervention group compared to the control group, although the differences were not statistically significant. There was a positive and direct impact of the SBWMP on students' health knowledge and psychological impacts in the intervention group. The SBWMP extended to the home involving parents via mHealth tools is a feasible and acceptable program for this group with MIDs and their parents.
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