Development and Feasibility of an Incentive Scheme to Promote Walking/Cycling to School

NCT02282631 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: AST-00759
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 29
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether an incentive scheme is a feasible approach to increase walking/cycling to school.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

active school travel; active travel; incentive scheme; children; school; behaviour change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (17)

• Schools Who Accepted to Take Part

  Percentage of schools who accepted to take part in this study

  May 2014 to June 2014

• School Retention

  % of schools who were retained for the whole duration of the study (out of the two who took part)

  September 2014 to December 2014

• Recruitment of Participants

  Number of participants recruited in this study.

  Sep 2014 to December 2014

• Retention of Participants

  Number of participants who remained in the study until the end.

  September 2014 to December 2014

• Number of Participants Who Returned Their Accelerometers on Time at the End of the Baseline Week

  Number of participants who returned their accelerometer to the researcher on the designated day, at end of baseline week (all children wore the accelerometer at the same time)

  1 week

• Number of Participants Who Returned Their Accelerometers on Time at the End of the Post-baseline Week

  Number of participants who returned their accelerometer on time to the researcher (myself) on the designated day, at end of post-baseline week. This was the second week of wear for participants. Whereas all participants were assessed concurrently at baseline, different subsamples were assessed every week at post-baseline.

  8 weeks after baseline

• Accelerometers Lost or Damaged

  Number of accelerometers lost or damaged in this study

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Parental ATS Paper Reports Returned

  N parental ATS\* paper reports returned to researcher(me) \*Active Travel to School * Paper reports with at least 1 box had been ticked out of the five boxes on the form (there was 1 box for each day of the week). * ATS reports were collected weekly, i.e. on the baseline week and on each of the eight post-baseline weeks. Accelerometers were only used twice; once at baseline (1week) and once at post-baseline (1week). * Parental paper ATS reports were preferred by 6 families, but on the 2 accelerometer weeks all participants had to use a paper reports including usual SMS respondents. In contr. group: all used paper reports at baseline (1st accel. week) (n=14), 6 usual paper respondents at post-baseline (6x8 weeks = 48), 6 SMS respondents who had to paper-report on the 2nd accel.week (both dropouts were SMS respondents \& left too early for a 2nd accel.), so total N possible paper reports 14 + 48 + 6=68. Int. school: 15 participants \& 8 usual paper respondents, total=15 + (8 x 8) + 7=86

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Child ATS Reports Returned

  Number of child ATS\* reports returned to the researcher (myself) throughout the study. Child ATS reports were always on paper. \*Active Travel to School

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Agreement Between Parent and Child Reports

  Inter-rater agreement between parent and child ATS\* reports \*Active Travel to School

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Active Travel to School Based on Parental Report

  Active travel to school (ATS) refers to the behaviour of travelling to school by human-powered means as opposed to motorised transportation, for example by walking or cycling. This was based on parental ATS reports.

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Active Travel to School Based on Child Report

  Percentage of active trips to school based on child report. This data is from all the trips reported by children, whether parental reports exist for the same day or not. For that reason, this differs from the number of trips reported in 'Agreement Between Parent and Child Reports' because in that case, both parent and child reports were required for the same day.

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Differences in MVPA During the Times Reported by the Parent, Based on Parental Report

  differences in minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) between ATS and non-ATS trips during the times reported by the parent as pertaining to the journey to school, based on parental report (i.e. parent reported whether the trip was ATS or non-ATS)

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Differences in MVPA During the Hour Before the Classes, Based on Parental Report

  differences in MVPA between ATS and non-ATS trips during the hour before the classes (7:56-8:55), based on parental report (i.e. parent reported whether trip was ATS or non-ATS)

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Differences in MVPA During the Times Reported by the Parent, Based on Child Report

  differences in minutes of MVPA between ATS and non-ATS trips during the times reported by the parent as pertaining to the journey to school, based on child report (i.e. child reported whether trip was ATS or non-ATS)

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Differences in MVPA During the Hour Before the Classes, Based on Child Report

  differences in minutes of MVPA between ATS and non-ATS trips during the hour before the classes (7:56-8:55), based on child report (i.e. child reported whether trip was ATS or non-ATS)

  9 weeks (one week at baseline plus eight weeks after baseline)

• Parental ATS Reports by SMS

  Number of parental ATS reports by SMS. * In this case, for comparability with data from paper reports, one SMS reports refers to a week in which at least one SMS report was received from the parent. * Parental SMS reports were only possible in those weeks when the child was not wearing the accelerometer. Parents who had chosen to report ATS by SMS were requested to report by paper on the weeks when the child wore the accelerometer (once at baseline, and once at post-baseline), and could report ATS by SMS in all other weeks.

  8 weeks after baseline

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants Who Met Physical Activity Guidelines

  9 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group school

EXPERIMENTAL

School where the incentive scheme will be run.

Behavioral: Incentive scheme

Control group school

NO INTERVENTION

School with no intervention; ongoing advice on active school travel.

Interventions

Incentive scheme BEHAVIORAL

Children who actively travel to school, full or partway, enter a weekly £5 voucher draw, whereby chances of winning are proportional to the number of trips as reported by the parent.

Also known as: Incentive-scheme, lottery-based scheme, intervention

Intervention group school

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Year 5 children in any of the selected schools
• Consent from parent and assent from child

You may not qualify if:

• No consent/assent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Newcastle University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society, Baddiley-Clark Building

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 4AX, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ginja S, Arnott B, Araujo-Soares V, Namdeo A, McColl E. Feasibility of an incentive scheme to promote active travel to school: a pilot cluster randomised trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2017 Nov 14;3:57. doi: 10.1186/s40814-017-0197-9. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 29167744 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Methods

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Limitations and Caveats

* Few resources available to recruit schools and families * Small sample size * Small number of non-ATS trips with MVPA data * The same person delivered the intervention, collected and analysed the data

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr Samuel Ginja
• Organization: Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University

samuel.ginja@newcastle.ac.uk

+44191208

Study Officials

• Elaine McColl, PhD

  Newcastle University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Bronia Arnott, PhD

  Newcastle University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Vera Araujo-Soares, PhD

  Newcastle University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Anil Namdeo, PhD

  Newcastle University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Samuel Ginja, MSc

  Newcastle University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Mr Samuel Ginja

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 5, 2014
• First Posted: November 4, 2014
• Study Start: June 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: April 4, 2017
• Results First Posted: April 4, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)