Clinical trial NCT04119076: The Effect of a Curriculum-based Physical Activity Intervention on Physical Activity in Schoolchildren
Official title: The Effect of a Curriculum-based Physical Activity Intervention on Accelerometer-assessed Physical Activity in Schoolchildren: a Non-randomised Mixed Methods Controlled Before-and-after Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Keywords: school-based intervention
active classroom
Lead sponsor: Teesside University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-10-08
Enrollment: 152
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 11
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Two school allocated to receive the intervention, three schools allocated to the control group
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: A non-randomised mixed methods controlled before-and-after study. The study evaluated the effects of a classroom-based physical activity intervention in primary school children on physical activity. Two schools were allocated to deliver the classroom-based intervention for eight weeks, and three schools continued with their usual school routine.

Detailed description: The primary aim of this study was to test the feasibility and potential effect of a classroom-based, curriculum-embedded intervention - ExCiTE; Exercise Classes in the Teaching Environment- on total physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity. The secondary aim was to measure and describe health-related quality of life and physical fitness components, and to gain understanding of the experiences, views and attitudes towards the ExCiTE intervention among participating children and schoolteachers.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parental Consent
* Child Assent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Respiratory infections; or.

  * Condition of injury affecting child's ability to undertake exercise
  * Allergic to sticky tape

Primary outcomes:
measure: Amount of time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
timeFrame: Accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X) worn for 7 days. Analysed using Evenson cutpoints.
measure: Total physical activity
timeFrame: Accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X) worn on the hip for 7 consecutive days. Analysed using Evenson cutpoints
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Aerobic Fitness
timeFrame: 1 Day of testing
measure: Health-Related Quality of Life
timeFrame: Recall questionnaire. Questionnaire completed on one day of testing
Other outcomes:
measure: Fitness Test:Balance
timeFrame: Balance for 30 seconds on each leg. Test completed on one day of testing. Participants balances on one leg on a beam for 30 seconds. The number of times the participants has to put the foot on the floor during the 30 seconds is the score.
measure: Fitness Test:Flexibility
timeFrame: Best of three attempts on one day of testing.
measure: Fitness Test: Speed Fitness Test: Speed
timeFrame: one attempt on one day of testing.
measure: Fitness Test: Hand Eye Coordination
timeFrame: Best of three attempts, one one day of testing. Time is recorded. The faster the time the better the hand eye coordination
measure: Fitness Test: Explosive Strength
timeFrame: Best of three attempts, one one day of testing. Distance is recorded. The further the distance the better the explosive strength
measure: Fitness Test: muscular strength and endurance
timeFrame: One day of testing. The number of sit ups completed in 30 seconds. The higher the number equates to a better performance
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