The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parent-Child Relations; Child Development; Motor Activity
• Interventions: Behavioral: PLAYshop Program

• Registration Number: NCT05436197
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alberta

Brief Summary

The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, that can help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity of children from diverse and vulnerable families who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Primary Research Question: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls?

Detailed Description

The overall objective of this study is to generate evidence for the efficacy of the PLAYshop program in diverse and vulnerable populations, such as families of lower socioeconomic status, who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Research Questions:

Primary: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls? Secondary: What is the level of, and factors that influence, implementation at the family and program delivery level when working with vulnerable families? Tertiary: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls?

Hypothesis for the primary research question: Increases in parental outcomes, including capability, opportunity, and motivation, will be greater in the intervention group, compared to the control group.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-23
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-29
• Study Start: 2022-07-18
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-06
• Study Completion: 2024-02-06
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

1. Parents of children aged 3 to 5 years who live in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and meet at least one of the following criteria:

   • Statistics Canada's low income before tax cut-off based on household size and the population of the municipality they live in
   • have an education level below a bachelor's degree (participating parent)
   • are unemployed (participating parent)
   • are a single adult in their household
   • are connected with an agency partner that supports vulnerable populations

2. Research staff and any organization partners who lead the workshop

Exclusion Criteria

1. Parents:

• who do not have internet access to complete the questionnaires and join the virtual workshop. This includes access to a device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop/computer and a data plan or WIFI.
• who are not comfortable reading, writing, speaking and listening to at least one the following languages: English, Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), or Cantonese (Traditional Chinese).
• that have participated in prior PLAYshop pilot and feasibility trials

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PLAYshop Intervention	PLAYshop Program	Participants will receive a 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, an equipment goody-bag with basic play equipment and printed resources, and access to a digital app with an online toolkit and four bi-weekly boosters lessons.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in parents' motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development	Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)	Parental motivation (i.e., confidence (11 items), beliefs (4 items), outcome expectations (3 items), intentions (2 items), perceived behavioural control (4 items)) will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. Citation for beliefs and outcome expectations: Heitzler et al., 2006. Items have values of 1-5; higher values mean more parental motivation.
Change in parents' capability to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development	Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)	Parental capability (i.e., knowledge), will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. This scale includes 9 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more capability.
Change in parents' opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development	Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)	Parental opportunity (e.g., perceived availability of resources (1 item), perceived barriers (5 items)) will be assessed via a parental questionnaire. Items have values of 1-5; higher values mean less parental opportunity. Citation for perceived barriers: Heitzler et al., 2006

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Implementation: facilitators and barriers (parental interview)	Intervention group: 2-month follow-up	Implementation facilitators and barriers will be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with parents from the intervention group.
Implementation: facilitators and barriers (workshop leader interview)	At study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop.	Implementation facilitators and barriers will be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with workshop leaders.
Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (questionnaire)	Intervention group: Immediately after the workshop	Satisfaction and perceived usefulness of the intervention will be assessed via a parental questionnaire in the intervention group only. This scale includes 3 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more satisfaction and perceived usefulness.
Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (parental interview)	Intervention group: 2-month follow-up	Satisfaction and perceived usefulness of the intervention will also be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with parents from the intervention group.
Implementation: dose (parental interview)	Intervention group: 2-month follow-up	The dose of the intervention will be explored via brief semi-structured interviews with parents from the intervention group.
Implementation: dose (app check-in questions)	Intervention group: Bi-weekly after workshop (i.e., 1, 3, 5, and 7 weeks)	The dose of the intervention will be assessed via check-in questions as part of the booster lessons in the intervention group.
Implementation: dose (app usage data)	Intervention group: 2-month follow-up	The dose of the intervention will be assessed via tracking of app usage in the intervention group.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation; 🇨🇦 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada