Physical activity, sitting and cognition - a pilot study

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

EXPERIMENT
Children who participate in the experiment:
1) are (apparently) healthy;
2) are between the age of 10 and 12 years;
3) understand and speak the Dutch language;
4) can hand in a consent form which is signed by their parent(s) before the start of the research.;QUALITATIVE RESEARCH - INTERVIEWS
Teachers and healthcare professionals who participate in the qualitative research:
1) have at least 5 years of teaching/working experience
2) work actively with adolescents to improve their school performance;
3) have affinity with the subject of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD);
4) understand and speak the Dutch language.;Children with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who participate in the qualitative research:
1) struggle with attention and concentration problems, problems with impulsivity and/or problems with hyperactivity;
2) perform worse on subjects like reading and math than their peers;
3) understand and speak the Dutch language;
4) can hand in a consent form which is signed by their parent(s) before the start of the research.;OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH
For children that participate in the classroom observations the inclusion criteria as described above apply. Children that serve as a control during the classroom observations should also hand in a consent form which is signed by their parent(s) before the start of the research. Besides they should:
1) not struggle with attention and concentration problems, problems with impulsivity and/or problems with hyperactivity;
2) perform moderately at school.

Exclusion Criteria

EXPERIMENT
Exclusion criteria are known physical activity contraindications, major illness/injury (acute
or chronic) or physical problems that may limit the ability to perform the experiment.
Participants will be screened by a health check questionnaire.;QUALITATIVE AND OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH
No exclusion criteria apply.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary outcome of the experiment is cognition, and the primary outcome of<br /><br>the observations is classroom behaviour (for example on-task and off-task<br /><br>behaviour). In general, no fixed primary outcomes for qualitative research are<br /><br>used.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secundary outcome measures of the pilot experiment include glucose level,<br /><br>C-peptides, triglycerides, and cholesterol (total, HDL and LDL).<br /><br>For the observational research, behaviour of the children during the break is<br /><br>the secundary outcome measure.<br /><br>For the qualitative research, no secundairy outcomes are defined.</p><br>