A Before-school Physical Activity Intervention Program to Improve Attention in Vulnerable Children: The Active-Start Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Physical Activity
- Sponsor
- Universidad Santo Tomas
- Enrollment
- 150
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Selective attention
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Despite the evidence and the potential of physical activity related to cognition and academic performance in children, the effects of a before-school physical activity program on these parameters remains unknown.
Detailed Description
Despite public health concerns and the extensively documented health benefits of physical activity, a large proportion of Chilean children do not meet the physical activity recommendations (Aguilar-Farias et al., 2018). Since most children spend a majority of their waking hours at school, this environment is appropriate for the implementation of preventive interventions, particularly those that include activities promoting physical activity (Naylor \& McKay, 2009). With the absence of opportunities for physical activity during the school day, before-school programs have become a popular option to help children increasing their physical activity levels (Stylianou, van der Mars, et al., 2016). Although several recent studies support a positive effect of before school-based physical activity on health (Westcott, Puhala, Colligan, Loud, \& Cobbett, 2015), less literature has evaluate the cognitive outcomes (Stylianou, Kulinna, et al., 2016) such as attention capacity.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All students in fourth grade (aged 8-10 years)
- •Children's parents/caregivers will give their written consent to the children's participation.
- •Collaboration in the family to respond to questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria
- •Children with some physical pathology or medical contraindication to perform physical exercise
- •Diagnosed with learning disabilities or mental disorders
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Selective attention
Time Frame: Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends
The D2- Test were used as indicators of selective attention
Secondary Outcomes
- Fat free mass(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Muscular strength(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Standing long jump test(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Cardiorespiratory fitness(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Blood pressure(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Waist circumference(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Body fat percentage(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Academic performance(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Body mass index(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- 4x10-m shuttle-run test(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Executive function(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)
- Mediterranean diet(Change from Baseline and 8-weeks immediately after the interventions ends)