Participatory Research to Promote Physical Activity

NCT03135223 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FWO13/PDO/191
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 196
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Secondary schoolgirls have the most unhealthy profile regarding physical activity and sedentary behaviour of all age groups. Since both behaviours independently contribute to various health outcomes, an effective intervention to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour needs to be developed. Many interventions fail to induce changes in health behaviour, as they often use a top-down approach with limited input from the end-users (i.e. the secondary schoolgirls) of the intervention programmes. This project uses a participatory health research approach by actively involving the girls in the entire research process. A co-creation group was set up per intervention school (n=3), including girls and a researcher which co-created a school-specific intervention, tailored to the needs and interests of those girls. The effect of participatory process were evaluated via a clustered randomized controlled trial using an intervention and control condition and a pre- and post-test design. Effects on physical activity and related determinants (e.g. self-efficacy, attitude, etcetera) were evaluated. The hypothesis was that girls from the intervention condition would improve their physical activity levels and related determinants compared to no changes among girls from the control schools. The process was evaluated as well using focus group research and the hypothesis was that girls who participate in the co-creation groups would be positive about the process and will feel empowered.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Keywords

Physical activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Increase in the mean overall physical activity level of adolescent girls

  Overall physical activity (expressed in average minutes per day) is calculated by summing active transportation (i.e. minutes spent in active transportation to school and in leisure time per day) and sport participation (i.e. minutes spent in physical education, extra-curricular sports or physical activities at school and during leisure time per day), measured by the reliable and valid Flemish Physical Activity Questionnaire.

  one schoolyear

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Increase in the mean value of determinants related to physical activity

  one schoolyear

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Co-created, school-based intervention to promote physical activity

Behavioral: Co-created intervention to promote physical activity

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Co-created intervention to promote physical activity BEHAVIORAL

A working group of girls and researcher co-created a school-specific intervention to promote physical activity

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy, female pupils of secondary schools (aim: 10th grade) who volunteer to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Ghent: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Greet Cardon

Model Details: One intervention and one control condition

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 18, 2017
• First Posted: May 1, 2017
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2015
• Study Completion: June 30, 2015
• Last Updated: May 1, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-04