Evaluation of the BOKS Before-school Physical Activity Program

NCT ID: NCT03190135

Last Updated: 2017-06-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 1250 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2016-05-31

Brief Summary

BOKS, Build Our Kids' Success, is a before-school physical activity program that has been implemented in over 2,000 elementary and middle schools. Students participate in the program for 12 weeks, two or three mornings per week for about 1 hour per session. This study if a non-randomized control trial seeking to 1) examine the extent to which participation in the before-school BOKS program improves, health, well-being, and performance, and 2) compare the results of a two-day-per-week versus a three-day-per-week program.

Conditions

Overweight and Obesity; Affect; Physical Activity; Fitness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

BOKS: 2 day per week

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

BOKS: 2 day a week before-school physical activity program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Students participate in BOKS, a before-school physical activity program for 12 weeks, 2 times per week.

BOKS: 3 day per week

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

BOKS: 3 day a week before-school physical activity program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Students participate in BOKS, a before-school physical activity program for 12 weeks, 3 times per week.

Non-BOKS

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

BOKS: 2 day a week before-school physical activity program

Students participate in BOKS, a before-school physical activity program for 12 weeks, 2 times per week.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

BOKS: 3 day a week before-school physical activity program

Students participate in BOKS, a before-school physical activity program for 12 weeks, 3 times per week.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participating school
• Child age 5-14 years

Exclusion Criteria

• No valid parental consent
• Missing group assignment

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Reeboks BOKS

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Elsie Taveras, MD

Chief, Division of General Academic Pediatrics

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Massachusetts General Hospital

Locations

Plymouth Public Schools

Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Quincy Public Schools

Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Weymouth Public Schools

Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

References

Pojednic R, Peabody S, Carson S, Kennedy M, Bevans K, Phillips EM. The effect of before school physical activity on child development: A study protocol to evaluate the Build Our Kids Success (BOKS) Program. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Jul;49:103-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.06.009. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 27339866 (View on PubMed)

Whooten RC, Perkins ME, Gerber MW, Taveras EM. Effects of Before-School Physical Activity on Obesity Prevention and Wellness. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Apr;54(4):510-518. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.01.017. Epub 2018 Feb 12.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 29449135 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2017P000177

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id