Stanford Preschool Physical Activity Project

NCT00285792 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: 96534
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of increasing the amount of time spent in recess (outside playtime) on overall daily physical activity in Hispanic preschool age children attending full-day and half-day preschool programs. We hypothesize that increasing recess (outside playtime) by 60 minutes in participants attending full-day and 30 minutes in participants attending half-day of preschool will increase average daily physical activity during the intervention days. We also hypothesize that children will not compensate for the increased recess (outside playtime) by decreasing physical activity outside of school during the intervention days.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

Preschool, Physical Activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Children's physical activity levels will be monitored Monday thru Friday of the experimental intervention week using the ActiGraph Accelerometer

Interventions

Physical Activity BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 5 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• \- Hispanic children between 3 - 5 years of age on the date of randomization. A child is defined as Hispanic if their parent/guardian identifies the child's ethnicity as "Hispanic" or "Latino", regardless of race.

You may not qualify if:

• Children will not be eligible if they have a condition limiting their participation in the intervention (unable to participate in routine outdoor play time at school, requiring oxygen supplementation for exertion, developmental or physical disability preventing participations in the interventions, participants who can not increase their physical activity for any reason); if they have a condition limiting participation in the assessment (parent/guardian is not able to read surveys in English or Spanish, if child is unable to wear the activity monitor); or if parent/guardian is unable to read, understand or complete informed consent in English or Spanish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Roosevelt Elementary School

Redwood City, California, 94063, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Sofiya Alhassan, Ph.D.

  Stanford University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 31, 2006
• First Posted: February 2, 2006
• Study Start: December 1, 2005
• Study Completion: March 1, 2006
• Last Updated: October 5, 2006

Record last verified: 2006-07

Locations

US (1)