Effects of Short Bouts of Physical Activity in Low-income Preschool-age Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 323
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline in Physical activity levels at 6-month
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to examine if short bouts of structured physical activity implemented within the classroom setting as part of designated gross-motor playtime will increase preschool-age children during-school physical activity level.
详细描述
Most preschool centers provide two 30-minute sessions of gross-motor/outdoor playtime per preschool day. Within this time frame, children accumulate most of their activity within the first 10 minutes. This study is a cluster randomized controlled study designed to examine the effects of short bouts of structured physical activity implemented within the classroom setting as part of designated gross-motor playtime on during-school physical activity in preschoolers. Results from this intervention could provide evidence that a physical activity policy that exposes preschoolers to shorter bouts of structured physical activity throughout the preschool day could potentially increase preschooler's physical activity levels.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 5 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Attend one of 10 participating preschool centers
- •Attend preschool full-time
- •Children between 2.9 - 5 years of age on the date of baseline assessment
排除标准
- •Did not have a condition limiting their participation in routine gross-motor playtime at preschool
- •Unable to wear the activity monitor
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline in Physical activity levels at 6-month
时间窗: Baseline, 3-month and 6-month after study initiation
Physical activity levels will be assessed with accelerometer and direct observation system
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sofiya Alhassan
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst