Run, Daddy, Run! A Multicomponent eHealth Lifestyle Intervention for the Prevention of Overweight and Obesity: Engaging Fathers and Their Children
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Father-Child Relations
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
- Enrollment
- 102
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in co-physical Activity
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to develop and implement a multicomponent eHealth lifestyle intervention (focusing on (co-) physical activity and screen time) for fathers and their children, aiming to prevent childhood overweight and obesity.
Detailed Description
The Run Daddy Run project aims to develop an effective lifestyle intervention for Belgian fathers and their primary school-aged children, to prevent overweight and obesity. There is focused on increasing (co-) physical activity and limiting individual and joint screen time. The project specifically targets fathers and their children because the literature shows that now often only mothers participate in lifestyle interventions, and fathers are underrepresented and difficult to involve. However, fathers play an important and unique role, independently of the mother, in shaping the child's behavior. The Run Daddy Run intervention was developed based on the Intervention Mapping Protocol, a theoretical framework that is often used to develop interventions in a systematic way using empirical evidence and theoretical insights. A co-creation approach was also used for the intervention development, which is a bottom-up approach in which the target group (fathers in this case) is actively involved in the development of the intervention. The result of this approach is contextually appropriate intervention and intervention strategies.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Primary school aged children
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unhealthy/disease
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in co-physical Activity
Time Frame: 8 months (post-test), 14 months (follow-up)
Father-child co-physical activity, will be subjectively measured using a seven-day recall diary, in which fathers will be asked to report all physical activities and screen time activities they performed together with their child in the last 7 days. More specifically, fathers have to report the start hour of the activity/activities, duration of the activity/activities, and the activity/activities itself in this diary, for each day of the week. PA diaries are often economical and can provide information on the types of activity not recorded from more objective measurement methods, such as accelerometers \[66\]. According to Matthews et al. (2002), diary based self-reported instruments can provide, with good participation compliance, accurate and valid assessments of PA \[67\].
Change in physical activity father
Time Frame: 8 months (post-test)
Objective PA data will be collected through accelerometry. Axivity's (model AX3, 3-axial) will be worn by the father and the child for at least 7 consecutive days, on the non-dominant hand, for 24 hours a day. Participants' light (LPA), moderate (MPA), vigorous (VPA) and total PA will be assessed during this time period, which have been shown to be reliable and valid \[60\]. As an additional measure of (self-report) PA, fathers will be asked to complete the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF), for both himself and his child, questioning LPA, MPA and VPA during the past seven days \[61, 62\].Research comparing the IPAQ-SF with objective measures (i.e. accelerometers) shows that the criterion validity of this questionnaire is fair to good, with an ICC 0.30 \[62\]. Overall, the IPAQ-SF has reasonable (test-retest) reliability (ICC=0.65) a good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha=0.83) \[63\].
Change in physical activity child
Time Frame: 8 months (post-test)
Objective PA data will be collected through accelerometry. Axivity's (model AX3, 3-axial) will be worn by the father and the child for at least 7 consecutive days, on the non-dominant hand, for 24 hours a day. Participants' light (LPA), moderate (MPA), vigorous (VPA) and total PA will be assessed during this time period, which have been shown to be reliable and valid \[60\]. As an additional measure of (self-report) PA, fathers will be asked to complete the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF), for both himself and his child, questioning LPA, MPA and VPA during the past seven days \[61, 62\].Research comparing the IPAQ-SF with objective measures (i.e. accelerometers) shows that the criterion validity of this questionnaire is fair to good, with an ICC 0.30 \[62\]. Overall, the IPAQ-SF has reasonable (test-retest) reliability (ICC=0.65) a good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha=0.83) \[63\].
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Parental Practices regarding PA(8 months (post-test), 14 months (follow-up))
- Change in Father-child relationship (quality of relationship)(8 months (post-test), 14 months (follow-up))
- Change in co-screen time(8 months (post-test))
- Change in Family Health Climate(8 months (post-test), 14 months (follow-up))
- Change in Sedentary behaviour (including screen time) father(8 months (post-test))
- Change in Sedentary behaviour (including screen time) child(8 months (post-test))
- Change in psychosocial determinants (co)PA(8 months (post-test), 14 months (follow-up))