TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
A1  - Kröller, Katja
T1  - Loss to follow-up in a randomized controlled trial study for pediatric weight management (EPOC)
T2  - BMC PEDIATRICS
N2  - Background: Attrition is a serious problem in intervention studies. The current study analyzed the attrition rate during follow-up in a randomized controlled pediatric weight management program (EPOC study) within a tertiary care setting. Methods: Five hundred twenty-three parents and their 7-13-year-old children with obesity participated in the randomized controlled intervention trial. Follow-up data were assessed 6 and 12 months after the end of treatment. Attrition was defined as providing no objective weight data. Demographic and psychological baseline characteristics were used to predict attrition at 6- and 12-month follow-up using multivariate logistic regression analyses. Conclusions: The minor differences between the completers and the non-completers suggest that our retention strategies were successful. Further research should focus on prevention of attrition in families with a lower educational background.
KW  - Attrition
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Child
KW  - Predictors
KW  - Weight management trial
Y1  - 2016
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/44745
SN  - 1471-2431
VL  - 16
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  -