Clinical trial NCT05436197: The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop
Official title: The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Motor Activity
Parent-Child Relations
Child Development
Keywords: Questionnaires
Semi-structured Interviews
Lead sponsor: University of Alberta
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Victoria
name: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
First posted: 2022-06-29
Enrollment: 32
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Maximum age (years): 5
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: All participants will complete the baseline measure and then be randomly assigned to group 1 (intervention) or group 2 (control), in a computer generated 1:1 sequence.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, that can help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity of children from diverse and vulnerable families who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Primary Research Question: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls?

Detailed description: The overall objective of this study is to generate evidence for the efficacy of the PLAYshop program in diverse and vulnerable populations, such as families of lower socioeconomic status, who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Research Questions:

Primary: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls? Secondary: What is the level of, and factors that influence, implementation at the family and program delivery level when working with vulnerable families? Tertiary: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls?

Hypothesis for the primary research question: Increases in parental outcomes, including capability, opportunity, and motivation, will be greater in the intervention group, compared to the control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Parents of children aged 3 to 5 years who live in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and meet at least one of the following criteria:

   * Statistics Canada's low income before tax cut-off based on household size and the population of the municipality they live in
   * have an education level below a bachelor's degree (participating parent)
   * are unemployed (participating parent)
   * are a single adult in their household
   * are connected with an agency partner that supports vulnerable populations
2. Research staff and any organization partners who lead the workshop

Exclusion Criteria:

1) Parents:

* who do not have internet access to complete the questionnaires and join the virtual workshop. This includes access to a device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop/computer and a data plan or WIFI.
* who are not comfortable reading, writing, speaking and listening to at least one the following languages: English, Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), or Cantonese (Traditional Chinese).
* that have participated in prior PLAYshop pilot and feasibility trials

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in parents' capability to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development
timeFrame: Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)
measure: Change in parents' opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development
timeFrame: Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)
measure: Change in parents' motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development
timeFrame: Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (questionnaire)
timeFrame: Intervention group: Immediately after the workshop
measure: Implementation: satisfaction and perceived usefulness (parental interview)
timeFrame: Intervention group: 2-month follow-up
measure: Implementation: facilitators and barriers (parental interview)
timeFrame: Intervention group: 2-month follow-up
measure: Implementation: facilitators and barriers (workshop leader interview)
timeFrame: At study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop.
measure: Implementation: dose (parental interview)
timeFrame: Intervention group: 2-month follow-up
measure: Implementation: dose (app check-in questions)
timeFrame: Intervention group: Bi-weekly after workshop (i.e., 1, 3, 5, and 7 weeks)
measure: Implementation: dose (app usage data)
timeFrame: Intervention group: 2-month follow-up
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in children's motivation and enjoyment
timeFrame: Baseline (all), immediately after workshop (intervention), one week after baseline (control)
Locations:
city: Edmonton
country: Canada
facility: Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
state: Alberta
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Alberta
name: Valerie Carson, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Victoria
name: Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Victoria
name: Ryan Rhodes, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Victoria
name: Sam Liu, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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citation: Cairney J, Clark HJ, James ME, Mitchell D, Dudley DA, Kriellaars D. The Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment Tool: Testing a New Physical Literacy Tool for the Early Years. Front Pediatr. 2018 Jun 7;6:138. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00138. eCollection 2018.