Effects of a Cognitively Enriched Playful Physical Activity Program on Executive Functions and School Readiness in Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 48
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Executive function performance
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effects of an 8-week cognitively enriched playful physical activity program on executive functions and school readiness in preschool children. Participants are assigned to either an experimental group receiving structured cognitively engaging movement activities or a control group receiving standard physical education.
详细描述
This single-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of a structured Playful Physical Activities (PPA) program on executive functions and school readiness in preschool children aged 5 years. Participants are randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving cognitively enriched physical activity sessions or a control group receiving standard physical education with equivalent frequency and duration. The intervention is conducted over 8 weeks (3 sessions/week, 60 minutes/session). Outcomes include inhibitory control, visuospatial memory, planning, and school readiness domains (mathematical, linguistic, and social competence), assessed at baseline and post-intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Outcome assessors are blinded to group allocation; participants and instructors are not blinded.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 6 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Enrolled in preschool
- •No physical/intellectual disability
- •Parental consent
排除标准
- •Neurological or developmental disorders
- •Sensory impairments
- •medications affecting Neurological system
结局指标
主要结局
Executive function performance
时间窗: Baseline (pre-intervention) and Week 8 (post-intervention)
Executive function performance will be assessed using standardized neuropsychological measures, including inhibitory control (Go/No-Go task; error rate), Performance is quantified as the number of commission errors (responses to No-Go stimuli). Lower error rates indicate better inhibitory control.
次要结局
- Visuospatial memory (BVMT-R immediate recall)(Baseline and Week 8)
- Visuospatial memory (BVMT-R delayed recall)(Baseline and Week 8)
- Planning and visuospatial organization (RCFT copy score)(Baseline and Week 8)
- Linguistic competence(Baseline and Week 8)
- Social competence (QECS)(Baseline and Week 8)
研究者
Monira Aldhahi
Associate Prof
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University