Preschoolers Active at Child Care (PACT)

NCT03752008 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 14169
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 131
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to develop, test, and compare two approaches to increasing physical activity (PA) and decreasing sedentary time among young children at child care centers, one which focused on a teacher-led PA curriculum (AP=Active Play!) and the other on increasing outdoor free play time (OP=Outdoor Play!).

Conditions

Physical Activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Pre to post change in preschoolers Physical Activity

  Physical Activity levels measured by actigraphy monitors

  baseline and 12 weeks after intervention

• Pre to post change in Physical Activity Opportunities

  Minutes where students could be physically active by observation (RA observed and wrote down times for when children were engaged in various activities and categorized them as active play opportunities or non active play opportunities. Total minutes in each category were calculated.

  baseline and 12 weeks after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• pre to post Teacher Physical Activity

  baseline and 12 weeks after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Active Play (AP)

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm received the Active Play curriculum intervention (described in following section).

Behavioral: Active Play (AP)

Outdoor Play (OP)

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm received the Outdoor Play curriculum intervention (described in following section).

Behavioral: Outdoor Play (OP)

Interventions

Active Play (AP) BEHAVIORAL

This intervention focused on promoting PA in preschoolers through structured, teacher-led activities that could be incorporated into daily curriculum. Teachers attended a 3-hour workshop that included presentation and discussion of 1) the importance of daily physical activity for children's health and development, 2) teachers' beliefs and barriers to promoting PA, and 3) the Active Play! Intervention materials. Teachers were introduced to and given the Active Play! Fun Physical Activities for Young Children Book and Digital Video Disk (DVD), which promotes PA and fundamental movement skills in young children. Clips of the DVD demonstrating various activities were shown and activities were modeled. Examples of activities include jumping on bubble wrap, hula hoop limbo and an indoor obstacle course. The end of the book has a suggested curriculum that teachers could follow. Centers in the Active Play! intervention also received a set of portable toys needed for the suggested activities.

Active Play (AP)

Outdoor Play (OP) BEHAVIORAL

This intervention focused on promoting outdoor time in preschoolers as a means to increasing their PA, using both child initiated and teacher-led activities. The training and materials were designed to emphasize the teacher's own connection with nature, the benefits of outdoor time for children and adults, and problem solving around barriers encountered. Teachers at participating centers attended one 3-hour workshop (delivered at the childcare center) that focused on having participants recognize their own connection with the natural world and how to transmit that to the next generation. Teachers were given hats and gloves for themselves, a set of rain jackets and boots for the preschoolers, and ideas on what children could do outdoors to be active.

Outdoor Play (OP)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Teachers/Staff
• be a teacher/staff member in a participating childcare center
• Students
• be 3 - 5 years old
• be a full day student in the classroom where data collection was occurring

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Seattle Children's Hospital: lead
• American Heart Association: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Pooja Tandon, MD MPH

  Seattle Chidlren's

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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: Assistant Professor

Model Details: 10 childcare centers were cluster-randomized to receive either a physical activity or outdoor free play curriculum.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2018
• First Posted: November 23, 2018
• Study Start: December 4, 2012
• Primary Completion: April 24, 2014
• Study Completion: April 24, 2014
• Last Updated: November 26, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share