Clinical trial NCT03436355: Active School. A School-based Intervention to Increase Childrens Daily Physical Activity Level.
Official title: Active School. A School-based Intervention to Increase Childrens Daily Physical Activity and Its Effect on Childrens Self-regulation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Aerobic Fitness
Executive Function
Keywords: Behavioral
Physical activity
Intervention
School children
Lead sponsor: University of Stavanger
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Municipality of Stavanger
name: Rogaland County Council
name: Regional Research Fund, Norway
First posted: 2018-02-19
Enrollment: 449
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 11
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study seeks to explore whether increased physical activity in school affects children's executive function, aerobic Fitness and childrens self-regulation. The "Active school" study was a 10-month randomized controlled trial. The sample included 449 children (10-11 years old) in five intervention and four control schools. The weekly interventions were 2×45 minutes physically active academic lessons, 5×10 minutes physically active breaks, and 5×10 minutes physically active homework. Aerobic fitness was measured using a 10-minute interval running test. Executive function was tested using four cognitive tests (Stroop, verbal fluency, digit span, and Trail Making). A composite score for executive function was computed and used in analyses.

Self-regulation was measured by the Child Behavior Rating Scale.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* all children attending 5th grade at the included schools in Stavanger, Norway during the school-year 2014/2015.

Exclusion Criteria:

* not able to participate in daily physical activity and physical education and complete the cognitive tests.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Inhibition
timeFrame: 8 months intervention
measure: Working memory
timeFrame: 8 months intervention
measure: Cognitive flexibility
timeFrame: 8 months intervention
measure: Aerobic fitness
timeFrame: 8 months intervention
measure: Physical activity
timeFrame: 8 months intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-regulation
timeFrame: 8 months intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Stavanger
name: Elaine Munthe, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Dyrstad SM, Kvalo SE, Alstveit M, Skage I. Physically active academic lessons: acceptance, barriers and facilitators for implementation. BMC Public Health. 2018 Mar 6;18(1):322. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5205-3.
citation: Kvalo SE, Bru E, Bronnick K, Dyrstad SM. Does increased physical activity in school affect children's executive function and aerobic fitness? Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2017 Dec;27(12):1833-1841. doi: 10.1111/sms.12856. Epub 2017 Mar 16.
citation: Seljebotn PH, Skage I, Riskedal A, Olsen M, Kvalo SE, Dyrstad SM. Physically active academic lessons and effect on physical activity and aerobic fitness. The Active School study: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Prev Med Rep. 2018 Dec 28;13:183-188. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.12.009. eCollection 2019 Mar.