Effects of a Peer-led Walking In ScHools Intervention

NCT ID: NCT02871830

Last Updated: 2016-08-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-10-31

Brief Summary

Children and young people are recommended to undertake at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity each day. However recent findings have indicated that only 51% of children aged 7 years were meeting these guidelines. Previous research has also highlighted girls are significantly less active than. Furthermore, children living in Northern Ireland are least likely to meet the guidelines, with only 43.4% of children here reaching the recommended ≥ 60 minutes a day. The development of interventions which can successfully increase levels of physical activity in adolescent girls in Northern Ireland is of key importance. The aim of this intervention is to investigate whether or not girls (aged 11-13 years) can increase their daily levels of physical activity over a 12 week period by taking part in a school-based brisk walking intervention. The impact of participating in a school-based brisk walking intervention on a range of other outcome measures will also be investigated. A total sample of 200 adolescent females will be recruited onto the study, with recruitment of participants taking place at the school level. Following written consent from parents/guardians and assent from participants, participants will be randomised at the school level to either participate in the walking intervention or to act as controls. Objective physical activity will be assessed at 3 time points using an Actigraph accelerometer. At baseline, post-intervention (12 weeks) and follow up (4 months post-intervention) participants will also undergo measurements of height, weight, waist and hip circumference, bloody pressure, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Participants will also complete questionnaires assessing levels of physical activity and a number of psychosocial variables at each time point. Following completion of follow up measurements, a sub-sample of participants (n=45) will be invited to take part in focus groups to evaluate their experiences of the intervention.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Physical activity intervention group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical Activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

15 mins physical activity per day within the school setting.

Control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Physical Activity

15 mins physical activity per day within the school setting.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 11-13 years old
• Female
• Attend a school selected to take part in the study
• Healthy and free from any medical condition that limits their participation in a brisk walking intervention, for example, a musculoskeletal injury

Exclusion Criteria

• Male pupils
• Those who are unable to walk or for whom walking is contraindicated will not be eligible for inclusion

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 13 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Ulster

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

References

Carlin A, Murphy MH, Nevill A, Gallagher AM. Effects of a peer-led Walking In ScHools intervention (the WISH study) on physical activity levels of adolescent girls: a cluster randomised pilot study. Trials. 2018 Jan 11;19(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2415-4.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 29325578 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

REC/11/0236

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id