Clinical trial NCT04505085: Active Dads Healthy Families
Official title: Active Dads Healthy Families: Promoting Physical Activity and Enhancing Father-child Relationships Through Parks and Recreation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Health Behavior
Keywords: physical activity
parenting
exercise
family-based
father
Lead sponsor: Duke University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-08-07
Enrollment: 24
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A non-randomized quasi-experimental design will be used to evaluate the feasibility of the Active Dads Healthy Families intervention, and provide preliminary data of changes over time and between two forms of the intervention. The investigators will recruit two cohorts totaling 30 father-child dyads (15 per cohort) to take part in the 8-week program delivered by Parks and Recreation. The primary outcome is program feasibility.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a community-delivered physical activity program for fathers and their children ages 2-5 years.

Detailed description: The investigators will evaluate the feasibility of a community-based father-child physical activity promotion program. The investigators will work with a local Parks and Recreation department to recruit and deliver programming to three cohorts of fathers and their children 2-5 years old. To evaluate program feasibility, the investigators will assess recruitment efforts, program attendance, and participant engagement and satisfaction with the program. The investigators will also assess change in father-child outcomes post program including objectively measured physical activity, fathers' parenting, and father involvement.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Father or father figure to child between the ages 2-5 years
* Father or father figure 18+ years
* Can speak and read in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Father or child has a physical disability precluding them from being physically active

Primary outcomes:
measure: Recruitment as measured by number of participants who enroll
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Attendance as measured by number of participants present at each session
timeFrame: Baseline through 8 weeks
measure: Degree of participation in physical activity during each session
timeFrame: Baseline through 8 weeks
measure: Percent of participants satisfied with the program as measured by self-report evaluation survey
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Percent of participants who complete all study measures
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Percent of participants who complete all study measures
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in moderate to vigorous physical activity as measured by accelerometry
timeFrame: Baseline, 8 weeks
measure: Change in moderate to vigorous physical activity as measured by accelerometry
timeFrame: Baseline, 8 weeks
measure: Change in father support for child physical activity as measured by father self-report
timeFrame: Baseline, 8 weeks
measure: Change in father physical activity psychological control as measured by father self-report
timeFrame: Baseline, 8 weeks
measure: Change in father involvement in physical play as measured by father self-report
timeFrame: Baseline, 8 weeks
measure: Change in father involvement in care-giving as measured by father self-report
timeFrame: Baseline, 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Durham Parks and Recreation
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: Duke University
name: Sarah C Armstrong, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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