Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)

NCT01699295 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 13460
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 584
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement. To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).

Conditions

Intelligence; Obesity

Keywords

academic achievement; elementary school; physical activity; exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students

  Changes in academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in a program that delivers academic lessons taught through MVPA (A+PAAC) to students in elementary schools that do not receive academic lessons taught through MVPA (CON)

  Baseline to 3 Years

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Assessment of Cognitive Function

  Baseline to 3 Years

• Body Mass Index (BMI)

  Baseline to 3 Years

• Cardiovascular (CV) Fitness and Daily Physical Activity (PA)

  Baseline to 3 Years

• Change in Attention-to-Task

  Baseline to 3 Years

Study Arms (2)

A+PAAC

EXPERIMENTAL

Lessons delivered using A+PAAC

Behavioral: A+PAAC

CON

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Regular sedentary lessons

Behavioral: CON

Interventions

A+PAAC BEHAVIORAL

academic lessons delivered by regular classroom teachers using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/day, 5 days/week.

A+PAAC

CON BEHAVIORAL

lessons taught by regular classroom teachers using traditional/regular sedentary lessons

CON

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Grade 2 or 3 Student at one of the randomly selected elementary schools
• Students that agree to complete assessments
• Signed parental consent form
• Signed child assent form

You may not qualify if:

• Students that do not agree to complete assessments

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Joseph Donnelly: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Honas JJ, Willis EA, Herrmann SD, Greene JL, Washburn RA, Donnelly JE. Energy Expenditure and Intensity of Classroom Physical Activity in Elementary School Children. J Phys Act Health. 2016 Jun;13(6 Suppl 1):S53-6. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2015-0717.

  PMID: 27392380 DERIVED

• Willis EA, Ptomey LT, Szabo-Reed AN, Honas JJ, Lee J, Washburn RA, Donnelly JE. Length of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity bouts and cardio-metabolic risk factors in elementary school children. Prev Med. 2015 Apr;73:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.01.022. Epub 2015 Jan 31.

  PMID: 25647532 DERIVED

• Hansen DM, Herrmann SD, Lambourne K, Lee J, Donnelly JE. Linear/nonlinear relations of activity and fitness with children's academic achievement. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Dec;46(12):2279-85. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000362.

  PMID: 24781896 DERIVED

• Donnelly JE, Greene JL, Gibson CA, Sullivan DK, Hansen DM, Hillman CH, Poggio J, Mayo MS, Smith BK, Lambourne K, Herrmann SD, Scudder M, Betts JL, Honas JJ, Washburn RA. Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum (A + PAAC): rationale and design of a 3-year, cluster-randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2013 Apr 8;13:307. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-307.

  PMID: 23565969 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Joseph Donnelly, EDD

  University of Kansas Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 1, 2012
• First Posted: October 3, 2012
• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2014
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: January 12, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-01

Locations

US (1)