Does access to electronic games decrease physical activity in children?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Public Health - Health promotion/educationOther - Conditions of unknown or disputed aetiology (such as chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis)Insufficient physical activity
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000279224
- Lead Sponsor
- Curtin University of Technology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 72
Inclusion Criteria
range of motor competence
range of electronic game experience
Exclusion Criteria
physical or psychological impairments which would interfere with their ability to participate in trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method physical activity - as assessed by Actical accelerometers worn for one week on both wrist and hip. This provides the amount of time at sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous levels of physical activity[at end of each 8 week condition]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method energy expenditure - as assessed by Doubly Labelled Water (DLW) technique - dose of DLW given and urine samples collected for 11 days[at end of each 8 week condition];self-perceived competence - assessed using self report Harter's Self Perception Profile for Children (Harter 1985)[at end of each 8 week condition];attitudes to technology - assesse using self-report for 'flow' (Webster et al 1993), 'ease of use' and 'usefulness of technology' (Dean et al 1998)[at end of each 8 week condition];motor competence - assessed by the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) version 2 (Henderson et al 2007)[at end of each 8 week condition];adiposity - assessed by body fat estimates from DLW, waist girth and body mass index (BMI) (age and gender adjusted z-scores)[at end of each 8 week condition];other leisure activities - assessed by self-report 7 day diary based on previous day physical activity recall (PDPAR) (Anderson et al. 2005)[at end of each 8 week condition]