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Correlates of Participation in a Pediatric Primary Care‐Based Obesity Prevention Intervention
Author(s) -
Taveras Elsie M.,
Hohman Katherine H.,
Price Sarah N.,
RifasShiman Sheryl L.,
Mitchell Kathleen,
Gortmaker Steven L.,
Gillman Matthew W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.438
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1930-739X
pISSN - 1930-7381
DOI - 10.1038/oby.2010.207
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , childhood obesity , randomized controlled trial , percentile , pediatrics , intervention (counseling) , multivariate analysis , child obesity , demography , psychiatry , mathematics , sociology , statistics
The purpose of this study was to examine the correlates of participation in a childhood obesity prevention trial. We sampled parents of children recruited to participate in a randomized controlled trial. Eligible children were 2.0–6.9 years with BMI ≥95th percentile or 85th to <95th percentile if at least one parent was overweight. We attempted contact with parents of children who were potentially eligible. We recruited 475 parents via telephone following an introductory letter. We also interviewed 329 parents who refused participation. Parents who refused participation ( n = 329) did not differ from those who participated ( n = 475) by number of children at home (OR 0.94 per child; 95% CI: 0.77–1.15) or by child age (OR 1.07 per year; 95% CI: 0.95–1.20) or sex (OR 1.06 for females vs. males; 95% CI: 0.80–1.41). After multivariate adjustment, parents who were college graduates vs. 95th%ile. One reason appears to be that they less frequently consider their children to have a weight problem.