Influencing Factors and Interventions of Physical Exercise Behaviour of 6-Year-Old Children in Guangdong, China
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Enrollment
- 108
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in test values of 13 indicators of Fundmental Motor Skills in 6-year-old children at 12 weeks
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the relationship between children's physical exercise behavior and children's Fundamental Motor Skills (FMS) before and after changing the influencing factors of 6-year-old children's physical exercise behavior in Guangdong Province, China. The main question it aims to answer is:
Is there any change of the relationship (time, group, and interaction) between 6-year-old children's physical exercise behaviour and children's Fundamental Motor Skills (FMS) before and after the physical activity intervention of the influencing factors in Guangdong Province, China?
Participants will:
Intervention group, Length: 12 weeks, 40 minutes, twice a week. The intervention will be conducted using a relevant physical fitness training program.
Control group, Length: 12 weeks. Content: Physical exercise using kindergarten standards.
Researchers will compare the data before and after the intervention to know whether the Fundamental Motor Skills (FMS) of 6-year-old children have changed.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 6 Years to 7 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Preschool children aged 6 years old in Guangdong, China;
- •Children who are of Chinese nationality;
- •Male and female;
- •Parents/guardians signed an informed consent form;
Exclusion Criteria
- •Have a mental illness with cognitive impairment problems;
- •Children with speech or ear function impairment;
- •Recent or imminent surgery (within 3 months), or medical co-morbidities;
- •Parents/guardians did not sign the informed consent.
Arms & Interventions
Intervention group, a children's physical fitness training program
Length:12 weeks, 40 minutes one time, twice a week.
Intervention content:
The intervention will be conducted using a relevant physical fitness training program.
Intervention: A relevant physical fitness training program intervention (Behavioral)
control group, Physical exercise using kindergarten standards
Duration: 12 weeks. Content: Physical exercise using kindergarten standards.
Intervention: control group,Physical exercise using kindergarten standards (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in test values of 13 indicators of Fundmental Motor Skills in 6-year-old children at 12 weeks
Time Frame: 5 months
The FMS is measured with the tool TGMD-3. TGMD-3 is scored based on the completion quality of children. The unit of measurement is "scores". The 13-item test consists of two subscales: six locomotor skills (LM) (i.e., run, gallop, hop, slide, jump, and skip) and seven ball skills (BS), formerly known as object control skills (i.e., forehand strike, two-hand strike, overhand throw, underhand throw, dribble, catch, and kick). According to the TGMD-3, each skill has a set of performance criteria that is evaluated. In this case, raw scores for locomotor skills could range from 0 to 46. Similarly, ball skills could range from 0 to 54. The total score of all movements was 100 scores. The higher score represents a higher level of motor skill development, and the low score indicates a lack of some critical movement development.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Zhang Haiyan
Principal Investigator
Universiti Sains Malaysia