Children's Use of the Built Environment for Physical Activity

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Overweight
• Interventions: Behavioral: built environment use counseling

• Registration Number: NCT01939405
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

The study aims are to develop and test the feasibility of a pediatric physical activity intervention that incorporates personal information on use of the built environment, and test the intervention's preliminary efficacy at increasing physical activity. The investigators hypothesize that it will be feasible to incorporate and measure changes in empiric GIS (geographic information system), GPS (global positioning system), and accelerometer feedback in the office setting as demonstrated by: i) Completeness of GPS and accelerometer data collection (primary measure of feasibility), ii) Participation rates among adolescents in the intervention group compared to the control group, and iii) Acceptability to patients as measured by adolescent satisfaction.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-09-05
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-11
• Study Start: 2013-10
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-06
• Results First Submitted: 2017-03-21
• Status Verified: 2017-08
• Results First Submitted QC: 2017-08-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-08-31
• Results First Posted: 2017-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Adolescents ages 10-16 years
• BMI > 85th percentile for age and sex

Exclusion Criteria

• Physical conditions impairing ambulation
• Adolescents who do not speak English
• Adolescents who have missed more than 2 scheduled doctor's appointments during the past 5 years
• Adolescents who are receiving any other form of physical activity counseling/intervention at the time of enrollment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
built environment use counseling	built environment use counseling	personalized counseling on active use of the built environment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)	Immediately post-intervention	Short-term change in MVPA from baseline to post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sedentary Time	4 months from baseline	Longer-term change in sedentary (non-active) time from baseline to 3-4 months post-intervention, objectively measured using accelerometers.
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)	4 months from baseline	Longer term change in MVPA from baseline to 3-4 months post intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Massachusetts General Hospital Revere HealthCare Center; 🇺🇸 Revere, Massachusetts, United States