The feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a physical activity programme in New Zealand Early Childhood Education: A pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- physical inactivityPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12624000754549
- Lead Sponsor
- Royston Health Trust
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 78
Inclusion Criteria
Children 3 - 5 years enrolled at licensed early Early Childhood Education centres
Qualified and either fully or provisionally registered Early Childhood Teachers
Ministry of Education licensed Early Childhood Education centres in Hawkes Bay
Exclusion Criteria
Unable to participate in normal physical activity within an Early Childhood Education centre
Early Childhood Teachers who are not qualified or registered (either fully or provisionally)
Early Childhood Education centres in Hawkes Bay who are not Ministry of Education licensed
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary trial outcome is the total mean/ minutes per day that children spend in MVPA during the childcare day. [Actigraph accelerometers (Actigraph GT1M) which have been previously validated for use in preschool age children (Pate et al., 2006) were used. The Actigraph monitor was attached to a wrist worn strap. Assessed for five days at baseline and for five days at follow-up (~10 weeks post-baseline, post-completion of intervention)]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method