Stay in treatment: Predicting dropout from pediatric weight management study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern. Multidisciplinary pediatric weight management programs have been deemed effective. However, effectiveness of these programs is impacted by attrition, limiting health benefits to children, and inefficiently utilizing scarce resources.

Methods

We have developed a model (the Outcomes Forecasting System, OFS) that isolates variables associated with attrition from pediatric weight management, with the potential to forecast participant dropout. In Aim 1, we will increase the power and precision of the OFS and then validate the model through the consistent acquisition of key patient, family, and treatment data, from three different weight management sites. In Aim 2, external validity will be established through the

SUBMITTER: Berry DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209185 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature