Physical Activity-related Health Competence in Apprenticeship and Vocational Education
PArC-AVE
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
Although the health-promoting effects of physical activity are well known and apprentices often possess an insufficient amount of physical activity, there is a lack of interventions promoting physical activity in vocational education and training. Against this background, the PArC-AVE project uses a co-creation approach to develop and implement physical activity-promoting interventions tailored to the needs of the target group and the given setting in two vocational education and training institutions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the co-created interventions in vocational education and training, namely the BuG lesson in nursing care and the tutoring system in automotive mechatronics. Therefore, the investigators conducted two non-randomized controlled trials from October 2018 to September 2019.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Oct 2018
1 active site
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 15, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 9, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 9, 2019
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 12, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 24, 2021
CompletedAugust 24, 2021
August 1, 2021
11 months
August 12, 2021
August 23, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Changes in self-reported physical activity: BSA questionnaire
The Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport Questionnaire (Bewegungs- und Sportaktivität Fragebogen; BSA-F) is a German questionnaire that assesses the amount of physical activity during the last four weeks. It differentiates between leisure-time/transportation activities (physical activity score) and sport-/exercise-related activities (sports score). Participants are required to report the frequency and duration of activities executed during the last four weeks. Minutes of leisure-time physical activity per week and sport-/exercise-related activity per week are calculated to get the physical activity and the sports score. Both scores can be combined to receive the overall volume of physical activity completed during leisure-time/transportation and sport-/exercise-related activities.
Baseline and 6 to 9 months
Changes in physical activity-related health competence: BGK Questionnaire
This will be measured by the German version of the Physical Activity-Related Health Competence questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 44 total items that measure three sub-competencies necessary for a health-promoting physical activity behavior: movement competence (20 items; min = 0, max = 17.6), control competence (10 items; min = 0, max = 10.8), physical activity-related self-regulation competence (14 items; min = 0, max = 14.8). Higher scores indicate higher competencies.
Baseline and 6 to 9 months
Study Arms (4)
Intervention group nursing care
EXPERIMENTALParticipants receive a co-created physical activity intervention called BuG lesson (German: 'Bewegt und Gesund'-Stunde; English: PA and health lesson).
Control group nursing care
NO INTERVENTIONParticipants do not receive any treatment in addition to their vocational education and training curriculum.
Intervention group automotive mechatronics
EXPERIMENTALParticipants receive a co-created physical activity intervention called tutoring system.
Control group automotive mechatronics
NO INTERVENTIONParticipants do not receive any treatment in addition to their vocational education and training curriculum.
Interventions
Participants of the intervention group in nursing care received a co-created setting-specific intervention to promote physical activity called BuG lesson. The BuG lesson comprises a weekly 90-minute lesson for apprentices of nursing care during regular school hours, covering physical activity and health in theory and practice. Previously, the nursing teachers voluntarily underwent a qualification process as physical activity instructors, enabling them to conduct the BuG lessons independently.
Participants of the intervention group in automotive mechatronics received a co-created setting-specific intervention to promote physical activity called tutoring system. In the tutoring system, automotive mechatronics apprentices act as physical activity promotors for their fellow apprentices. In the sense of a peer-to-peer approach, apprentices voluntarily participate in a workshop to be qualified as tutors. Subsequently, the tutoring system takes place every two weeks for about ten to fifteen minutes during regular working hours, allowing the tutors to discuss the issues of physical activity and health among their peers.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- First-year apprentices from the automotive mechatronics and nursing care sectors
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen, 91058, Germany
Related Publications (1)
Grune E, Popp J, Carl J, Semrau J, Pfeifer K. Examining the sustainability and effectiveness of co-created physical activity interventions in vocational education and training: a multimethod evaluation. BMC Public Health. 2022 Apr 15;22(1):765. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13133-9.
PMID: 35428289DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Klaus Pfeifer, Prof. Dr.
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
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
- Head of the Department of Sport Science and Sport
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 12, 2021
First Posted
August 24, 2021
Study Start
October 15, 2018
Primary Completion
September 9, 2019
Study Completion
September 9, 2019
Last Updated
August 24, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
The datasets generated for this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.