School Based Physical Activity Interventions and Its Impact on Wellbeing and Educational Outcomes

NCT ID: NCT03548350

Last Updated: 2019-03-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

1200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-30

Study Completion Date

2018-06-30

Brief Summary

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A school based Physical Activity intervention for pupils (8-9 years old) to promote fitness and wellbeing

Detailed Description

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The experimental group will participate in a 24 week multi-component programme that includes four strands:

* A physical literacy programme focusing on core elements of strength, agility, speed, balance and flexibility. Delivered by external facilitators for one hour per week over 16 weeks of the programme (2 x8week blocks).
* 'Golden Mile' - pupils and teachers participate 15min walk/run a min of 2 times per week
* After schools club (not compulsory) featuring mind-set component delivered by external facilitators
* Healthy kidz app with reward system

The control group will continue doing physical activity including physical education as is normal for their school

All groups will participate in fitness assessments at week 1 and week 24 of the programme and pupils will also complete questionnaires based on measures described above at week 1 and week 24.

Conditions

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Physical Activity Health Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

The experimental group will participate in a 24 week multi-component programme that includes four strands:

* A physical literacy programme focusing on core elements of strength, agility, speed, balance and flexibility. Delivered by external facilitators for one hour per week over 16 weeks of the programme (2 x8week blocks).
* 'Golden Mile' - pupils and teachers participate 15min walk/run a min of 2 times per week
* After schools club (not compulsory) featuring mind-set component delivered by external facilitators
* Healthy kidz app with reward system

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HealthyKidz physical activity programme

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 24 week physical activity intervention to promote fitness and wellbeing in primary schools

Control

The control group will continue doing physical activity including physical education as is normal for their school

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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HealthyKidz physical activity programme

A 24 week physical activity intervention to promote fitness and wellbeing in primary schools

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 8-9 years
* enrolled in participating school

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to give informed consent
* Presence of an underlying medical conditions
* Already enrolled in a physical activity intervention
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

9 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Queen's University, Belfast

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Mark Tully

Academic supervisor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast

Belfast, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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HealthyKidz

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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