Gamified WellWe-intervention to Promote the Health and Wellbeing of Families With Small Children

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title: Gamified WellWe-intervention to Promote the Health and Wellbeing of Families With Small Children

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The study evaluates the effectiveness of the WellWe-intervention in promotion of parental self-efficacy for healthy behaviors and mindfulness in parenting from the perspective of families. Aim is also to evaluate the effectiveness of the WellWe-intervention in facilitation of family-centered approach of the health visit in Child health clinic perceived by the families and Public health nurses (PHN). Half of the participants will receive WellWe-intervention and half of the participants will receive usual care.

Clinical Trial Description

Families with pre-school aged children attend to regular health visits in Child health clinics on a yearly basis. During the health visits PHNs assess and promote the health and wellbeing of the whole family through health discussions.

In this study we aim to evaluate whether the addition of gamified method into the health discussion promotes healthy behaviors and mindfulness of the families and increases the family-centered approach of health visit compared to the traditional method.

WellWe-intervention includes the use of gamified WellWe app at home and during the health discussion in the Child health clinic. Usual care includes paper-based questionnaires filled by the parents and health discussion using these questionnaires in the Child health clinic. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Behavior
• Healthy

• NCT number: NCT03278288
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Turku
• Contact: Anni Pakarinen, MHSc
• Phone: +358451213567
• Email: anni.pakarinen@utu.fi
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 15, 2017
• Completion date: May 2018