Lifestyle Related Health and Health Promoting Activities for Youths With Intellectual Disabilities
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 145
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Decrease in cardio metabolic risk factors
研究概览
简要总结
A whole of school intervention with daily physical activity and healthy food for students with intellectual disabilities. The aim is to provide plenty of concrete examples of healthy life style choices and using school personnel and peers as role models. This will presumably result in healthier weight, better fitness and not least in new familiar healthy habits.
详细描述
Youth with an intellectual disability are reported more sedentary and more often overweight than non intellectual disability youth. Cardio metabolic risk factors are observed more frequent and at an earlier age among young people with intellectual disability. The school reaches all students and they spend the main part of their day in the school milieu hence examples of healthy lifestyle can be provided there.
This intervention increased physical activity with daily scheduled physical activity. At least one lesson each week was at the gym. Food provided in the school environment was considered from content of sugar and fat and ónly healthy food choices was available at school. This included all school activities, both in the school area and on school activities out in the community. It included home economic lessons as well as the school cafeterias supply and school lunch content.
To increase vegetable intake a special designed plate was used for lunch according the "plate model". In addition, the plate model was one theme during art class.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 22 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •mild/moderate intellectual disability
- •students at the upper secondary schools for intellectual disability students
排除标准
- •severe intellectual disability
- •obesity related syndromes
- •major physical disabilities
结局指标
主要结局
Decrease in cardio metabolic risk factors
时间窗: 2 years
At baseline and after 2 years of intervention; height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure was measured. In addition fasting blood samples of total cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose and insulin. Absorptiometry photos (DXA) for body composition. Postintervention measures in addition compared to a controlgroup. Cross sectional data on all school students of all above mentioned variables and also cholesterol as HDL and LDL compared to a control group.
次要结局
- Increase in physical fitness(2 years)
- Increased vegetable intake(at least 1 year)