SKIPping With PAX: An Integrated Gross Motor and Social-Emotional Skill Intervention

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Gross Motor Development Delay; Social Skills; Social Behavior; Sedentary Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: Integrated Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04656990
• Lead Sponsor: University of South Carolina

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of an integrated intervention on the gross motor and social-emotional development of rural preschool boys and girls. A secondary purpose was to examine intervention effects on physical activity and sedentary behavior. An exploratory aim was to examine the role of executive functioning skills on intervention outcomes. This study featured a repeated measures (baseline, six-month posttest, three month retention \[nine-month follow-up\]), control group, experimental design. Classrooms were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control groups. Experimental participants received intervention while control participants received business as usual curricula.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-03
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-07
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-31
• Study Completion: 2023-02-18
• Results First Submitted: 2023-08-17
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Results First Submitted QC: 2025-04-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-18
• Results First Posted: 2025-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 277

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in the early childhood center, aged 4-5 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in special education classroom

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Gross motor and social-emotional integrated intervention group	Integrated Intervention	Participants will receive a nine-month intervention which focuses on gross motor skills, physical activity, and social-emotional skills.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Test of Gross Motor Development, Third Edition	three-month follow-up	Gross motor development assessment ranges from 0-100 with higher scores reflecting better performance.
Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales	three-month follow-up	Social-Emotional scores range from 0-160 with higher scores reflecting better performance.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical Activity From Accelerometer	Baseline	The accelerometer, which children wear throughout the day, records step counts which are then converted into numerical representation of levels of physical activity.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lexington 4 Early Childhood Center; 🇺🇸 Swansea, South Carolina, United States