Painted Playgrounds: Aim 2: Assessments

NCT03885518 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: PBRC 2017-040
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 51
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Painted Playgrounds Aim 2 (Assessment) project will examine the effects of a stenciling intervention aimed at increasing physical activity and improving fundamental motor skill functioning of preschool aged children. 72 children from local licensed childcare centers will participate in individual assessments at baseline and follow-up 6-8 weeks later. Assessments include height/weight, surveys and wearing a physical activity monitor (accelerometer) for 7 days. A parent/legal guardian will provide consent for their child to participate and will also complete a brief survey about their child's lifestyle and habits.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Moderate to Vigorous Activity (MVPA) During Recess

  To test the effectiveness of a promising (cost-effective, easily scalable) playground stenciling intervention to increase physical activity, change in MVPA during recess will be measured using accelerometers. The main outcome variable will be percentage of recess time spent in MVPA, measured objectively using a physical activity monitor (i.e. accelerometer).

  Baseline and follow-up (6 to 8 weeks after playground stenciling)

• Change in Fundamental Motor Skill Development

  The Test of Gross Motor Development, 3rd edition (TGMD-3) was utilized to assess fundamental motor skills. The test consists of a total of 13 skills which are designed to assess locomotor (6 skills) and ball (7 skills). Children complete two trials, and if they meet the specified performance criteria, they are scored a 1. If they fail to meet the criteria, they are scored a zero. Trials 1 and 2 are added to get the raw scores of locomotor and ball skill. For locomotor, this range is from 0-46; for ball skills, children can score from 0-54. Raw scores are then converted to scaled scores based on the TGMD-3 age and gender charts. The scaled scores are added to determine a total scaled score. The total scaled score has a percentile ranking to determine what percentile the child is in (\<1,\>99). The post-TGMD-3 total percentile was subtracted for the change score from the baseline percentile. A positive value indicates an improvement in fundamental motor skills, where

  Baseline and follow-up (6 to 8 weeks after playground stenciling)

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants attending the childcare centers randomized to this arm will receive the stencil activities after baseline assessments have been completed. We will follow-up with assessments after 6-8 weeks

Other: Playground Stencils

Wait-List

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants attending the childcare centers randomized to this arm will receive the stencil activities approximately 8 weeks after enrolling, after baseline and follow-up assessments have been completed.

Other: Playground Stencils

Interventions

Playground Stencils OTHER

The stencils (hopscotch, agility trail, foursquare, bullseye, etc.) will be painted on the playgrounds at each childcare center. A toolkit and training video will be distributed to staff at each center to aid in instructing the children on how to perform the tasks.

Intervention; Wait-List

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• A child who attends a childcare center enrolled to Aim 1.
• A child who is ≥ 3 years and ≤ 6 years old
• Your child will continue to attend this same childcare center for the duration of the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Parent/legal guardian is unwilling to provide written informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center: lead
• Blue Cross Blue Shield: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Webster EK, Kepper MM, Saha S, Beyl RA, Kracht CL, Romain JS, Staiano AE. Painted playgrounds for preschoolers' physical activity and fundamental motor skill improvement: a randomized controlled pilot trial of effectiveness. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Sep 9;23(1):455. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04260-2.

  PMID: 37689622 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Limitations and Caveats

Limitations include the small sample for this pilot study. Only four schools were examined in one region of the United States, so results may only be generalizable to this area or to programs with similar characteristics. The limited access to concrete space in most ECE centers is a limitation that must be considered for the expansion of this intervention.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Amanda Staiano
• Organization: LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center

amanda.staiano@pbrc.edu

225.763.2500

Study Officials

• Maura Kepper, PhD

  Pennington Biomedical Research Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

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

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 29, 2019
• First Posted: March 21, 2019
• Study Start: December 15, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2019
• Study Completion: June 30, 2019
• Last Updated: December 24, 2024
• Results First Posted: December 24, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Locations

US (1)