Effects of Home-based Exergaming on Preschoolers' Physical Activity and Cognition
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Physical Activity
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in physical activity levels
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will employ a 3-arm randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of a 6-month home-based exergaming intervention on preschoolers' physical activity, health-related fitness, cognition, and screen time, across time, at 3, 6 and 12 months, and as an exploratory outcome, will explore the moderating effects of parent involvement and physical home environment on the intervention role of exergaming across time. Briefly, a total of 330 child-parent dyads from the Twin Cities area in Minnesota will be individually randomly assigned to: 1) an exergaming intervention group (30 min. per session, 5 sessions exergaming play per week for a 6-month period); 2) a traditional PA group (phone consultations and workshops for parents to offer 5 times 30 min. PA at home for 6 months); and 3) an attention control group (continue with usual activities at home with emailed PA tips).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •response to an advertisement for the study;
- •has only one child aged 4-5 years old in the family;
- •speaks English;
- •family with income within 185% of the Federal Poverty Guideline Levels determined by parents' self-report;
- •has a TV with HDMI port or VGA port or video port at home
- •the child has no medical conditions or physical disabilities that prohibit engagement in PA;
- •physically inactive child who does not meet 120 min. PA per day;
- •parental agreement to participating in the home visits and evaluations;
- •lives within 20 miles of the UMN;
- •family willingness to commit to 6 months of intervention and 6 months of follow-up;
Exclusion Criteria
- •children/parents from families that already own exergame(s) as these children tend to possess high experience levels with exergaming play;
- •child who are physically active for more than recommended 180 min. PA per day as reported by parents.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in physical activity levels
Time Frame: 0, 3, 12 months (follow-up)
Preschoolers' 5-day daily PA levels will be assessed using ActiGraph Link GT9X accelerometers (Pensacola, FL) at each testing cycle. The Link is lightweight and resembles a watch, and is a valid and reliable measure of PA among young children in free-living settings. Children will be instructed to wear the accelerometers on the non-dominant wrist at all times with the exception of time spent swimming for 3 weekday and 2 weekend days. In this project, activity counts will be set at 1-second epochs. Counts will be interpreted using empirically based cut points that define different PA intensities for preschoolers. Children's daily average minutes engaged in PA (MVPA and light PA) and sedentary behavior will be used as the outcome variables. Acceptable inclusion criteria for PA data will be recording of an average of 10 hours of accelerometer data per day. Compliance with wearing monitors will be facilitated according to Trost recommendations.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in percent body fat(0, 3, 12 months (follow-up))
- Change in cognition(0, 3, 12 months (follow-up))
- Change in bodyweight(0, 3, 12 months (follow-up))
- Change in body mass index (BMI)(0, 3, 12 months (follow-up))
- Change in health-related fitness(0, 3, 12 months (follow-up))
- Change in screen time(0, 3, 12 months (follow-up))