Active Video Games and Sustainable Physical Activity

NCT01024153 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: CA-140670
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of active video game play on physical activity of 9-13 year old children in their natural home environments. We observe how much physical activity children engage in after receiving two different active Wii video games and for how long they play. Active video games offer promise of minimizing children's physical inactivity.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity in Children

Keywords

active video games; children; physical activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• increased physical activity

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• BMI

  4 months

Study Arms (1)

Active video game play

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Active video game play

Interventions

Active video game play BEHAVIORAL

Children will get a Wii video game console and one game at week one and another at week 7. We will monitor their video game play and physical activity during this time.

Active video game play

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 13 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children between the ages of 9-12 years old.
• Child and family are able to speak, understand, read and write English.
• No medical problems, including epileptic seizures, that would prevent child from playing inactive or active video games.
• No family history of epileptic seizures.
• Parents will allow child to play our video games.
• Household does not currently has a Wii video game console.
• Baseline visit activity monitor wear will be a compliance criterion for moving forward in the study. Although we ask for 7 days of data, if they return 5 complete days, then they meet the criteria. Without 5 complete days, they are dropped before randomization and thus before receiving the Wii. If we cannot get 5 or 7 days at baseline, it is unlikely that we will get 5 of 7 days at ensuing assessments (based on our 10+ years experience of collecting this type of data).

You may not qualify if:

• Children not between the ages of 9-12 years old.
• Child having epilepsy (since playing video games may lead to seizures among those with epilepsy).
• Family history of epileptic seizures.
• Household members not able to speak, understand, read and write English.
• Other medical problems that prevent child from playing inactive or active video games.
• Parents will not allow child to play our video games.
• Household currently has a Wii video game console.
• Child not wearing nor completing the initial baseline 7 day, minimum 800 minutes per day, activity monitor data collection.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baylor College of Medicine: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• O'Connor TM, Chen TA, Baranowski J, Thompson D, Baranowski T. Physical activity and screen-media-related parenting practices have different associations with children's objectively measured physical activity. Child Obes. 2013 Oct;9(5):446-53. doi: 10.1089/chi.2012.0131. Epub 2013 Sep 12.

  PMID: 24028564 DERIVED

• Baranowski T, Abdelsamad D, Baranowski J, O'Connor TM, Thompson D, Barnett A, Cerin E, Chen TA. Impact of an active video game on healthy children's physical activity. Pediatrics. 2012 Mar;129(3):e636-42. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2050. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

  PMID: 22371457 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 1, 2009
• First Posted: December 2, 2009
• Study Start: November 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: February 3, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-02

Locations

US (1)