Clinical trial NCT06590103: Effectiveness of Integrating Physically Active Learning Through Co-teaching in Extremadura: ACTIVA-MENTE Project
Official title: Effectiveness of Integrating Physically Active Learning Through Co-teaching in Extremadura: ACTIVA-MENTE Project
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Adolescents
Physical Fitness
Keywords: Physuca active learning
Motivational variables
Sedentary time
Academic indicators
Lead sponsor: University of Extremadura
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Consejería de Educación, Ciencia y Formación Profesional. Junta de Extremadura
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 800
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Study based on a school-based physically active learning intervention during the school day on physical activity, fitness, health and education outcomes in adolescents.

Detailed description: Activamente is a quasi-experimental study coordinated by fully qualified researchers in physical activity and sport sciences from the University of Extremadura (UEX), Spain. This study is aimed at students from 1st to 4th year of Secondary Education (11-16 years old), belonging to 10 schools in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. Each school will have five experimental groups and five control groups. Thus, there will be 50 experimental groups (n=1100) and 50 control groups (n=1100). The intervention will last 8 months, and will consist of one component, which is the inclusion of one physically active class per week.

Before and after the intervention, physical activity and sedentary time will be assessed by activity bracelets, health-related fitness levels by field tests, body composition parameters by anthropometry, academic performance by school grades, positive health (quality of life and self-perception of health) by questionnaire, and cognitive parameters (executive functions) by specific cognition tests. In addition, two intermediate measures of physical activity levels and sedentary time will be measured.

At the end of the intervention the investigators will determine changes in the main outcome variables. Also, the main hypotheses raised will be:

1. Students belonging to the experimental group will improve physical activity and decrease sedentary time during the school day when compared to students belonging to the control group.
2. The students belonging to the experimental group will improve in the markers of physical and psychological health when compared to the students belonging to the control group.
3. Students in the experimental group will improve their academic and cognitive indicators when compared to students in the control group.
4. Students belonging to the experimental group will improve school climate and motivational variables in academic classes when compared to students belonging to the control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of ESO.
* Adolescents with informed consent signed by the family/guardian.
* Schools with at least 210 students enrolled in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of ESO.
* Schools belonging to the Autonomous Community of Extremadura.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents with any physical disability or health condition that may limit physical activity levels.
* Schools participating in any other physical activity or health promotion program.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical activity and sedentary time
timeFrame: 8 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Cardiorespiratory capacity
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Musculoskeletal capacity of Upper body
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Musculoskeletal capacity of lower body
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Body mass index
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Health status
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: School engagement
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Learning perception
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Academic performance
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Novelty
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: School climate
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Sociodemographic characteristics
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Teachers' perceptions about the feasibility of the intervention program.
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Students' perceptions about the feasibility of the intervention program.
timeFrame: 8 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cáceres
country: Spain
facility: University of Extremadura
Study officials:
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