PACE: A school playground environmental and policy intervention to promote break time physical activity in primary-school-aged children.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bullying; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Physical inactivity

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614001128684
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Wollongong

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-10-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

Schools will be recruited based on similarities in student numbers- efforts will be made to try to match similar sized schools, existing policies and equipment- efforts will be made to recruit schools that do not have the proposed policies and equipment options for break time activity, and also their willingness to be involved in the study (including to be randomised).

Exclusion Criteria

Schools will be excluded if they are not willing to be involved in the intervention component of the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Potential efficacy/behaviour change: In school playground physical activity levels will be assessed using the SOPLAY observational tool. [Data will be collected at baseline and after 3 month follow-up];Potential feasibility of the intervention assessed using a teacher survey. Feasibility will be assessed by recording the number of children recruited to the study, and the amount of useable data collected at each school (a priori aim is to collect data on 90% of consenting students at both baseline and follow-up).[Assessed during the intervention period from baseline to followup (3 month time period)];Potential acceptability of the intervention using a teacher and student survey. Acceptability will be assessed by monitoring intervention fidelity at each school, and staff, student, and P & C evaluations of the success of each component of the intervention and feedback on its implementation. [Data will be collected at baseline and after 3 months at followup.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To determine whether bullying impacts children’s playground physical activity were assessed using accelerometers and bullying was assessed using a survey which was adapted from the validated Peer Victimisation Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire (Rigby and Slee 1993, Neary and Joseph 1994).[Data will be collected at baseline and after 3 months at followup. ]