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Changes in Parents' Time Use and Its Relationship to Child Obesity.
- Source :
- Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics; Feb2014, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p44-61, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objective: The aim was to explore any change in parents' time use together with their children, changes in their perceived occupational value, and its relationship to children's body mass index (BMI) over the course of a one-year occupation-focused family intervention. Method: The study sample consisted of participants in one arm of a randomized controlled trial, involving mothers and fathers ( n = 30) of 17 children aged 4-6 years who were considered obese. Data were collected by time-geographical diaries during the intervention and by measuring the parents' occupational value and the children's BMI before and after the intervention. Results: At the end of the intervention, an increase was shown in the amount of time parents spent together with their children during weekdays ( p = .042) and the parents perceived occupational value ( p = .013). Children's BMI z-score changed with −0.11 units. Conclusion: Collaboration with parents may be useful in interventions aiming at facilitating a normal weight development among children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of childhood obesity
ANALYSIS of variance
CHILDREN'S health
CLINICAL trials
COMPUTERS
STATISTICAL correlation
FOOD handling
INGESTION
LONGITUDINAL method
OCCUPATIONAL therapy for children
OCCUPATIONS
PARENT-child relationships
READING
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
TELEVISION
TIME
TRAVEL
U-statistics
STATISTICAL power analysis
DATA analysis
BODY mass index
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
PARENT attitudes
REPEATED measures design
PHYSICAL activity
DATA analysis software
DIARY (Literary form)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01942638
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94008176
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01942638.2013.792311