Addressing Barriers to Physical Activity in Inner-City Schoolchildren With Asthma

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma; Children; Physical Activity
• Interventions: Behavioral: asthma physical activity intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01873755
• Lead Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center

Brief Summary

This proposal will address the existent gaps in the literature by identifying barriers and facilitators to participation in physical activity in inner-city minority elementary schoolchildren with asthma, more that half of whom are also overweight; developing and refining a school-based intervention in partnership with the community to improve physical activity; and conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial of the intervention to determine feasibility and obtain preliminary data for a future large-scale trial.

Detailed Description

Four schools have been recruited for pilot wait-listed cluster randomized clinical trial to determine feasibility for a large-scaled trial. Community-based participatory research approach was utilized to develop an intervention that will be delivered to two schools. Two control schools will receive intervention during year 2 of the study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-12-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-06-06
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2014-05-28
• Study Completion: 2014-06-20
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 208

Inclusion Criteria

• children with active asthma attending 2nd-4th grades in Bronx

Exclusion Criteria

• other medical conditions preventing participation in physical activity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
asthma physical activity intervention	asthma physical activity intervention	two schools will receive intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in physical activity levels	baseline, 6, 9, 12 months follow-up	physical activity levels will be measured with accelerometers

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in Body Mass Index	baseline, 6, 9 and 12 months	BMI will be assessed by measuring height and weight of children

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Bronx, New York, United States