Adapted Physical Activity, Health-related Quality of Life and Satisfaction With Care in Hospitalized Children

NCT00828217 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: AC-2008-HO
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 312
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of adapted physical activity intervention on health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care in hospitalized children and adolescents. This is a randomized controlled study. The hypothesis is that children practicing adapted physical activity during their hospitalization present a higher health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care than those who do not.

Conditions

Hospitalization

Keywords

adapted physical activity; hospital; health-related quality of life; satisfaction with care; child; adolescent; randomized controlled trial; physical activity; quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• health-related quality of life measurement

  2 points: on the first and last day of hospitalization

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• satisfaction with care measurement

  1 point: 15 days after hospital discharge

Study Arms (2)

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EXPERIMENTAL

Children have adapted physical activity during their hospitalization

Other: adapted physical activity

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NO INTERVENTION

Children don't have adapted physical activity during their hospitalization

Interventions

adapted physical activity OTHER

one session of adapted physical activity per day (30 minutes each session), during the whole stay at the hospital

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Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Length of hospital stay (more than 3 days)
• Children or parents able to understand and read French
• No medical contra-indications to physical activity
• Children hospitalized in 3 specific departments at Nancy Children's Hospital:
• Médecine Infantile 1 et 3(paediatrics)
• Médecine Infantile 2 (haematology-oncology, immunology department)
• Chirurgie orthopédique et Brûlés (orthopaedic surgery and Burned)
• Children and parents being agree to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• No written informed consent
• Children hospitalized less than 3 days
• Medical contra-indication to physical activity
• Children already included in that study (former hospitalization)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Central Hospital, Nancy, France: lead
• University of Nancy: collaborator
• Association pour la promotion du sport chez l'enfant malade (APSEM): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital, Children's Hospital

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54505, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Pascal Chastagner, MD, PhD

  University Hospital of Nancy, Children's Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Serge Briançon, Pr

  Nancy-University, Paul Verlaine Metz University, Paris Descartes University, EA4360 Apemac, Nancy, France

  STUDY CHAIR

• Anne Vuillemin, PhD

  Nancy-University, Paul Verlaine Metz University, Paris Descartes University, EA4360 Apemac, Nancy, France

  STUDY CHAIR

• Aline Herbinet, PhD

  APSEM

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Elodie Speyer, PhD student

CONTACT

+33383683558; elodie.speyer@medecine.uhp-nancy.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2009
• First Posted: January 23, 2009
• Study Start: November 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2010
• Study Completion: November 1, 2010
• Last Updated: September 24, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-09

Locations

FR (1)