Multi-component Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Preschool Children

NCT01885325 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Pro000048841R01HD055451
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 708
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study addresses a critical public health problem, childhood obesity, by testing a physical activity intervention in the types of preschools that millions of children attend. Information gained in this study may lead to adoption of preschool policies and instructional practices that increase physical activity and reduce the risk of obesity in preschool children.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

Physical Activity; Sedentary Behavior; Preschool Children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Minutes of Moderate-to- Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)

  MVPA was assessed using an accelerometer. Participants wore the accelerometer during all waking hours for 5 consecutive weekdays. MVPA was determined by applying count cutpoints to the accelerometer data and calculating minutes spent above the MVPA threshold (minutes per hour).

  Measured at baseline and 10 months for each wave of data collection

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Minutes of Sedentary Behavior

  Measured at baseline and 10 months for each wave of data collection

• Change in Physical Activity Energy Expenditure (PAEE)

  Measured at baseline and 10 months for each wave of data collection

• Change in Body Mass Index (BMI)

  Measured at baseline and 10 months for each wave of data collection

Study Arms (2)

Physical Activity Preschool Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Preschools randomized to the multi-component physical activity preschool intervention received four major components: Move IN (physical education and other indoor activity programming), Move OUT (recess and structured outdoor activity), Move to Learn (Physical Activity in classroom, academic lessons), and enhancing the social environment to promote Physical Activity.

Other: Physical Activity Preschool Intervention

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The preschools in the control group did not receive the intervention

Interventions

Physical Activity Preschool Intervention OTHER

Preschools randomized to the multi-component physical activity preschool intervention received four major components:Move IN (physical education and other indoor activity programming), Move OUT (recess and structured outdoor activity), Move to Learn (Physical activity in classroom, academic lessons), and enhancing the social environment to promote PA.The focus in the physical education classes, recess, daily lessons, and reduction of sedentary time will be on providing activities that 3-to 5-year-old children enjoy.

Physical Activity Preschool Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• All children from participating K-4 classrooms at the participating schools were invited to participate.

You may not qualify if:

• Children were excluded only if they had a condition that would limit data collection using an accelerometer (e.g., non-ambulatory children)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of South Carolina: lead
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): collaborator
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Related Publications (2)

• Pate RR, Brown WH, Pfeiffer KA, Howie EK, Saunders RP, Addy CL, Dowda M. An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 4-Year-Olds in Preschools. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Jul;51(1):12-22. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.12.003. Epub 2016 Jan 20.

  PMID: 26803357 DERIVED

• Pfeiffer KA, Saunders RP, Brown WH, Dowda M, Addy CL, Pate RR. Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES): study protocol for a randomized trial evaluating a multi-component physical activity intervention in preschool children. BMC Public Health. 2013 Aug 7;13:728. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-728.

  PMID: 23919808 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Russell R Pate, PhD

  University of South Carolina

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 20, 2013
• First Posted: June 24, 2013
• Study Start: August 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2012
• Study Completion: June 1, 2012
• Last Updated: April 18, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-04