Internet-based Professional Learning to help teachers support Activity in Youth: The iPLAY Project

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Secular decline in children's cardiorespiratory fitness; Physical inactivity in children; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Cardiovascular - Normal development and function of the cardiovascular system

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000731493
• Lead Sponsor: Australian Catholic University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-03
• Study Completion: 2019-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 23 March 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1219

Inclusion Criteria

Students, teachers and principals at government-funded NSW primary schools will be eligible to express their interest to participate in the project.

Exclusion Criteria

Students, teachers and principals at schools designated as ‘Schools for Specific Purposes’ (i.e., for students who require intensive levels of support) will not be eligible for the cluster RCT. Schools that participated in our original efficacy study (ACTRN12611001080910) will also be excluded from the cluster RCT.
School will be additionally excluded if: the principal does not provide consent, less than 50% of Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) teachers choose not to participate, or if no staff members are willing to be an iPLAY leader.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cardiorespiratory fitness measured by 20 metre multistage fitness test. <br><br>Welk G, Meredith MD: Fitnessgram/Activitygram reference guide. Dallas, TX: The Cooper Institute 2008, 3.[Baseline, 12 and 24 months post-baseline.]