Active Wear for Everyone (AWE): The effect of wearing the school sports uniform on children’s physical activity

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Activity; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001266358
• Lead Sponsor: Hunter New England Population Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Study Completion: 2017-12-15
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

Catholic primary schools within the Hunter New England Local Health District and Mid North Coast Local Health District of NSW will be invited to participate. All grade 2 and 3 students at eligible schools will be invited to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Schools will be ineligible if they; cater exclusively for children requiring specialist care; are already involved in a physical activity trial; and/or currently only have a sports uniform that children wear each day. All students in grades 2 and 3 are eligible to participate in the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Girl’s physical activity- mean minutes of MVPA per day will be measured objectively using wrist-worn accelerometers, by students in grade 2-3 at all schools for 5 consecutive school days. Data will be analysed for whole school day as well as segmented. [Baseline and for the one day during intervention exposure];Girl’s physical activity- mean physical activity counts per minute will be measured objectively using wrist-worn accelerometers, by students in grade 2-3 at all schools for 5 consecutive school days. Data will be analysed for whole school day as well as segmented.. [Baseline and for the one day during intervention exposure]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All students’ physical activity- mean physical activity counts per minute will be measured objectively using wrist-worn accelerometers, by students in grade 2-3 at all schools for 5 consecutive school days. Data will be analysed for whole school day as well as segmented.[Baseline and for the one day during intervention exposure];All students’ physical activity-mean minutes of MVPA per day will be measured objectively using wrist-worn accelerometers, by students in grade 2-3 at all schools for 5 consecutive school days. Data will be analysed for whole school day as well as segmented.[Baseline and for the one day during intervention exposure]