Program Evaluation of an In-school Daily Physical Activity Initiative
NCT ID: NCT03618927
Last Updated: 2018-08-07
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
362 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-01-01
2016-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Daily physical activity intervention
The intervention consisted of a DPA program designed by a national organization with expertise in school-based physical activity programming and delivered in school by teachers. The program was offered to students in grades 4 through 8 and consisted of 20 minutes of structured DPA in school for 20 consecutive weeks. The DPA activities included jumping jacks, squats, running and other body weight exercises.
Daily physical activity intervention
Control - treatment as usual
Participants in control classes completed regular school activities as per the Ontario curriculum.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Daily physical activity intervention
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Participants must be enrolled in one of 30 elementary school classes across the participating seven elementary schools.
* Participants need to be able to read and write in English
Exclusion Criteria
* Unable to read and write in English.
9 Years
14 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Start2Finish
UNKNOWN
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board
UNKNOWN
McMaster University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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John Cairney
Professor
Principal Investigators
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John Cairney, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Toronto and McMaster University
Locations
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David Braley Health Sciences Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Countries
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References
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Allison KR, Vu-Nguyen K, Ng B, Schoueri-Mychasiw N, Dwyer JJ, Manson H, Hobin E, Manske S, Robertson J. Evaluation of Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy implementation in Ontario: surveys of elementary school administrators and teachers. BMC Public Health. 2016 Aug 8;16:746. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3423-0.
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Bremer E, Graham JD, Veldhuizen S, Cairney J. A program evaluation of an in-school daily physical activity initiative for children and youth. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 16;18(1):1023. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5943-2.
Other Identifiers
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INCH_S2F
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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