Girls on the Move Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among Middle School Girls

NCT ID: NCT01503333

Last Updated: 2018-11-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1543 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-09-30

Study Completion Date

2016-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this school-based trial is to test the efficacy of an intervention to increase moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among middle school girls. The 17-week "Girls on the Move" (GOTM) intervention has 3 components. Two individual-level components occurring during school hours include: (1) two face-to-face motivational, individually tailored counseling sessions with a school nurse, and (2) an interactive Internet-based session during which each girl receives motivational, individually tailored feedback messages (at 9 weeks). A group-level component, 90-minute Physical Activity (PA) Club provides an important venue after school that includes activities to assist girls in establishing a behavioral pattern of MVPA. The control condition will complete data collection activities and receive their usual school offerings.

The investigators hypothesize that immediately post-intervention, minutes of MVPA will be greater by 16 min./wk. in the intervention than control group; At 9 months post-intervention follow-up, minutes of MVPA will be greater in the intervention than control group; and immediately post-intervention, cardiovascular (CV) fitness will be higher and body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat will be lower in the intervention than control group.

Detailed Description

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Our 17-week "Girls on the Move" (GOTM) intervention for middle school girls applies the Health Promotion Model (HPM) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and has 3 components. Two individual-level components occurring during school hours include: (1) two face-to-face motivational, individually tailored counseling sessions with a school nurse (occurring at baseline and near 17 wks.), and (2) an interactive Internet-based session during which each girl receives motivational, individually tailored feedback messages (at 9 wks.). A group-level component, 90-min. PA Club, led by PA instructors (e.g., individuals from community; teachers, including physical education (PE); and sports team coaches) provides an important venue after school that includes MVPAs (requested by girls in pilot) to assist girls in establishing a behavioral pattern of MVPA. The control condition will complete data collection activities and receive their usual school offerings.

The purpose of this school-based group randomized trial (GRT) is to evaluate the efficacy of the comprehensive GOTM intervention to increase middle school girls' min. of MVPA and improve cardiovascular (CV) fitness, body mass index (BMI), and percent body fat (% BF) immediately post-intervention (after 17 wks.) and MVPA at 9-mo. follow-up (F/U; 9 mos. after end of intervention). Secondary analyses will examine if MVPA is mediated by cognitive (e.g., perceived benefits of PA, barriers to PA, and PA self-efficacy; social support) and affective variables (e.g., enjoyment of and motivation for PA).

Based on demographics of the urban schools, we expect a low-SES, mixed-race, predominately African American, sample. Eight schools will be randomly assigned to the PA intervention (n = 4) or comparison condition (n = 4) in the fall of yrs. 2, 3, and 4 (total N = 8 X 3 = 24 different schools). Sixty-two girls meeting inclusion criteria based on answers to a screening tool will be recruited in each school during each of the three yrs.

The long-term goal is to increase MVPA as a means to address the high overweight and obesity prevalence among adolescent girls.

Conditions

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Physical Activity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control

The control condition will complete data collection activities and receive their usual school offerings.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Physical activity intervention

Receiving Physical activity intervention which includes individual counseling with the school nurse, tailored feedback from computer program, and after-school physical activity club.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physical activity intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Receiving individual counseling with the school nurse, tailored feedback from computer program, and after-school physical activity club.

Interventions

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Physical activity intervention

Receiving individual counseling with the school nurse, tailored feedback from computer program, and after-school physical activity club.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 5th- 6th- and 7th-grade girls (ages 9-14; 8th-graders if needed in middle schools having only 7th- and 8th- grades)
* Available and willing to participate in PA Club 3 days/wk. for 17wks.
* Available for follow-up (9 mos. after intervention ends)
* Agree to random assignment
* Able to read, understand, and speak English.

Exclusion Criteria

* Involved in or planning to be involved in school or community sports or other organized PAs, such as dance lessons, that involve MVPA and require participation 3 or more days/wk. after school during every season of the school year
* A health condition precluding safe MVPA.
Minimum Eligible Age

9 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Michigan State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lorraine Robbins

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lorraine B Robbins, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Michigan State University

Locations

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Robbins LB, Pfeiffer KA, Vermeesch A, Resnicow K, You Z, An L, Wesolek SM. "Girls on the Move" intervention protocol for increasing physical activity among low-active underserved urban girls: a group randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2013 May 15;13:474. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-474.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23672272 (View on PubMed)

Ling J, Robbins LB, Resnicow K, Bakhoya M. Social support and peer norms scales for physical activity in adolescents. Am J Health Behav. 2014 Nov;38(6):881-9. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.38.6.10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25207514 (View on PubMed)

Vermeesch AL, Ling J, Voskuil VR, Bakhoya M, Wesolek SM, Bourne KA, Pfeiffer KA, Robbins LB. Biological and Sociocultural Differences in Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity Among Fifth- to Seventh-Grade Urban Girls. Nurs Res. 2015 Sep-Oct;64(5):342-50. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000113.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26325276 (View on PubMed)

Robbins LB, Ling J, Wesolek SM, Kazanis AS, Bourne KA, Resnicow K. Reliability and Validity of the Commitment to Physical Activity Scale for Adolescents. Am J Health Promot. 2017 Jul;31(4):343-352. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.150114-QUAN-665. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26730556 (View on PubMed)

Gammon C, Pfeiffer KA, Kazanis A, Ling J, Robbins LB. Cardiorespiratory fitness in urban adolescent girls: associations with race and pubertal status. J Sports Sci. 2017 Jan;35(1):29-34. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1154594. Epub 2016 Mar 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26942487 (View on PubMed)

Robbins LB, Ling J, Toruner EK, Bourne KA, Pfeiffer KA. Examining reach, dose, and fidelity of the "Girls on the Move" after-school physical activity club: a process evaluation. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 30;16:671. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3329-x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27473613 (View on PubMed)

Bakhoya M, Ling J, Pfeiffer KA, Robbins LB. Evaluating Mailed Motivational, Individually Tailored Postcard Boosters for Promoting Girls' Postintervention Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity. Nurs Res. 2016 Sep-Oct;65(5):415-20. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000173.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27579509 (View on PubMed)

Ling J, Robbins LB. Psychometric Evaluation of Three Psychosocial Measures Associated With Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls. J Sch Nurs. 2017 Oct;33(5):344-354. doi: 10.1177/1059840516685857. Epub 2016 Dec 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28030983 (View on PubMed)

Voskuil VR, Pierce SJ, Robbins LB. Comparing the Psychometric Properties of Two Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Instruments in Urban, Adolescent Girls: Validity, Measurement Invariance, and Reliability. Front Psychol. 2017 Aug 3;8:1301. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01301. eCollection 2017.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28824487 (View on PubMed)

Robbins LB, Ling J, Resnicow K. Demographic differences in and correlates of perceived body image discrepancy among urban adolescent girls: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2017 Dec 6;17(1):201. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0952-3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29207976 (View on PubMed)

Robbins LB, Ling J, Dalimonte-Merckling DM, Sharma DB, Bakhoya M, Pfeiffer KA. Sources and Types of Social Support for Physical Activity Perceived by Fifth to Eighth Grade Girls. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2018 Mar;50(2):172-180. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12369. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29266689 (View on PubMed)

Robbins LB, Ling J, Wen F. Moderators in a physical activity intervention for adolescent girls. Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov;88(5):810-817. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0818-5. Epub 2020 Mar 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32120378 (View on PubMed)

Pfeiffer KA, Robbins LB, Ling J, Sharma DB, Dalimonte-Merckling DM, Voskuil VR, Kaciroti N, Resnicow K. Effects of the Girls on the Move randomized trial on adiposity and aerobic performance (secondary outcomes) in low-income adolescent girls. Pediatr Obes. 2019 Nov;14(11):e12559. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12559. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31267695 (View on PubMed)

Robbins LB, Ling J, Sharma DB, Dalimonte-Merckling DM, Voskuil VR, Resnicow K, Kaciroti N, Pfeiffer KA. Intervention Effects of "Girls on the Move" on Increasing Physical Activity: A Group Randomized Trial. Ann Behav Med. 2019 Mar 28;53(5):493-500. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay054.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29985968 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1R01HL109101

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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