FeetEnergy Approach to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Screen Time in Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT01633918

Last Updated: 2015-12-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1291 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-08-31

Study Completion Date

2013-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to find out whether an Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach and two home works integrated in three health education lessons can increase adolescents' active commuting to school and leisure-time physical activity and decrease their screen time.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Physical Activity Sedentary Behavior Active Commuting Psychosocial Factors Parental Interference

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach

Schools which integrate Internet-supported approach with two home works in three health education lessons on physical activity

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Three health education lessons and two homework's about increasing physical activity and reducing screen time

Usual health education

Schools which follow their usual practices in carrying out health education classes on physical activity

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual health education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual health education lessons

Interventions

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Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach

Three health education lessons and two homework's about increasing physical activity and reducing screen time

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual health education

Usual health education lessons

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* student's informed consent and an approval from his/her parent

Exclusion Criteria

* no informed consent from the student and no approval from his/her parent
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UKK Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Minna Aittasalo

Doctor of Health Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Minna M Aittasalo, Dsc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UKK Institute

Locations

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Aalto University

Espoo, Aalto, Finland

Site Status

The UKK Institute for health Promotion Research

Tampere, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Aittasalo M, Jussila AM, Tokola K, Sievanen H, Vaha-Ypya H, Vasankari T. Kids Out; evaluation of a brief multimodal cluster randomized intervention integrated in health education lessons to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior among eighth graders. BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 17;19(1):415. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6737-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30995905 (View on PubMed)

Jussila AM, Vasankari T, Paronen O, Sievanen H, Tokola K, Vaha-Ypya H, Broberg A, Aittasalo M. KIDS OUT! Protocol of a brief school-based intervention to promote physical activity and to reduce screen time in a sub-cohort of Finnish eighth graders. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jul 10;15:634. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2007-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26160058 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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166,02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id