PLAYshop: A Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood

NCT05255250 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PLAYshop2022
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 130
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention designed to address this major public health issue of childhood physical inactivity and to support families. Primary Research Question: Does the PLAYshop program increase preschool-aged children's physical literacy, including fundamental movement skills and motivation and enjoyment, compared to controls?

Conditions

Motor Activity; Parent-Child Relations; Child Development

Keywords

Questionnaires; Interviews; Fundamental movement skill assessments; Accelerometers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in children's physical literacy (fundamental movement skills)

  Children's fundamental movement skills, including two manipulative skills (i.e., overhand throw, underhand throw), two locomotor skills (i.e., horizontal jump, hop), and one balance/stability skill (i.e., one leg balance), will be assessed in a recorded virtual meeting. The skills are from the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2).

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

• Change in children's physical literacy (motivation and enjoyment; parental report)

  Children's motivation and enjoyment will be assessed via a parental questionnaire that includes items from the Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment (Pre PLAy). This scale includes 4 items with values of 1-5; higher values mean more motivation and enjoyment. Citation: Cairney et al. (2018)

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

• Change in children's physical literacy (enjoyment; child report)

  Children's enjoyment will also be assessed via self-report using an adapted Five Degrees of Happiness Likert scale for children. This scale includes 1 item with a value of 1-5; a higher value means more enjoyment. Citation: Hall et al. (2016)

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in children's physical activity

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

• Change in parent-child co-participation in physical activity (accelerometer)

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

• Change in parent-child co-participation in physical activity (questionnaire)

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

• Change in parental physical activity modelling

  Baseline and 2 month follow-up

Other Outcomes (10)

• Change in parents' capability to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop, approximately 1-2 weeks after baseline (intervention), one week after baseline (control), 2-month follow-up (all)

• Change in parents' motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop, approximately 1-2 weeks after baseline (intervention), one week after baseline (control), 2-month follow-up (all)

• Change in parents' opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

  Baseline (all), immediately after workshop, approximately 1-2 weeks after baseline (intervention), one week after baseline (control), 2-month follow-up (all)

Study Arms (2)

PLAYshop Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive a 60 minute virtual physical literacy workshop, an equipment goody-bag with basic play equipment and printed resources, and access to a digital app with an online toolkit and four bi-weekly boosters lessons.

Behavioral: PLAYshop

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will receive the 60 minute virtual physical literacy workshop, equipment goody-bag, and access to the digital app after completing 2-month follow-up measures.

Interventions

PLAYshop BEHAVIORAL

The intervention includes: 1. Educational Training - the 60 min virtual workshop will be delivered by a trained facilitator. Parents will be introduced to physical literacy via education, group discussion, and active participation in fundamental movement skills (FMS) based activities with their child. 2. Distribution of Education Resources- Parents will be sent physical literacy and physical activity printed resources. 3. Material resources -parents will also be provided a bag of inexpensive active play equipment (e.g., ball, bean bag, balloons). 4. Provide Follow-up Support- After the workshop, participants will gain access to an app with an online toolkit including new active play ideas, tips, and equipment they can make at home for active play. Additionally, participants will receive four bi-weekly booster lessons that include key workshop messages, support and encouragement for parents, reflection and check-in questions, and new activities to try with their child.

PLAYshop Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 5 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children aged 3-5 years and their parents
• Living in non-rural areas of Alberta or British Columbia, Canada as defined by Statistics Canada

You may not qualify if:

• Children diagnosed with developmental delay or disorder/condition that may affect gross motor development or limit their ability to be physically active.
• Families with parents who do not comfortably speak or read English.
• Families that do not have access to a smartphone/tablet with camera and microphone.
• Families that have participated in prior PLAYshop pilot and feasibility trials.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alberta: lead
• University of Victoria: collaborator
• Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

Edmonton, Alberta, T6W 1J9, Canada

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Masse LC, O'Connor TM, Lin Y, Carbert NS, Hughes SO, Baranowski T, Beauchamp MR. The physical activity parenting practices (PAPP) item Bank: a psychometrically validated tool for improving the measurement of physical activity parenting practices of parents of 5-12-year-old children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020 Nov 4;17(1):134. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-01036-0.

  PMID: 33148276 BACKGROUND

• Heitzler CD, Martin SL, Duke J, Huhman M. Correlates of physical activity in a national sample of children aged 9-13 years. Prev Med. 2006 Apr;42(4):254-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.010. Epub 2006 Feb 20.

  PMID: 16490241 BACKGROUND

• Hall, L., Hume, C., & Tazzyman, S. (2016). Five Degrees of Happiness: Effective Smiley Face Likert Scales for Evaluating with Children. In Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (311-321). ACM.

  BACKGROUND

• Cairney J, Clark HJ, James ME, Mitchell D, Dudley DA, Kriellaars D. The Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment Tool: Testing a New Physical Literacy Tool for the Early Years. Front Pediatr. 2018 Jun 7;6:138. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00138. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 29930933 BACKGROUND

• Davison KK, Li K, Baskin ML, Cox T, Affuso O. Measuring parental support for children's physical activity in white and African American parents: the Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG). Prev Med. 2011 Jan;52(1):39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.11.008. Epub 2010 Nov 25.

  PMID: 21111755 BACKGROUND

• Carson V, Boyd M, Potter M, Rhodes R, Liu S, Naylor PJ. Protocol for the PLAYshop randomised controlled trial: examining efficacy of a virtually delivered parent-focused physical literacy intervention for early childhood on child-specific and family-specific outcomes. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 22;12(12):e066962. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066962.

  PMID: 36549741 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Valerie Carson, PhD

  University of Alberta

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ryan Rhodes, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Sam Liu, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants: While the families will not be told explicitly if they have been assigned to the intervention or control group, they may be able to determine their group based on when their workshop is scheduled (i.e., immediately versus after completion of all study measures). Research Coordinator: The research coordinator will be aware of the group allocations as they will be in charge of coordinating random assignment and have to schedule participants into workshops and other measures based on their specific allocation. Outcomes Assessors: Research assistants who score children's fundamental movement skills based on recorded videos will not be told explicitly if a participant is part of the intervention or control group. Though there is a possibility that they may recall group assignment from previous data collection sessions they led.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: All participants will complete baseline measures and then be randomly assigned to group 1 (intervention) or group 2 (control), in a computer generated1:1 sequence.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2022
• First Posted: February 24, 2022
• Study Start: February 24, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 30, 2023
• Study Completion: August 30, 2023
• Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)