A Co-creational Intervention to Engage Preschoolers in Healthy Movement Behaviors

NCT06073236 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: BC-08724
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Previous research focusing on preschoolers' healthy behaviors looked at developing interventions for separate behaviors, such as physical activity and sedentary behavior. Currently, there is a shift in research towards focusing on an integrated approach regarding the behaviors conducted in a 24-hour day, since targeting multiple behaviors is more effective. Activities in a 24-hour day consist of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. Only very few Belgian preschoolers (10%) meet the guidelines regarding a healthy 24-hour day. Therefore, interventions focusing on all three behaviors with an integrated approach are needed. Since preschool children spend most of their time at school and at home, and engage in playbased learning in those settings, this project will develop and evaluate an intervention focusing on those 24-hour behaviors both at school and at home. The aim of the intervention is to increase the percentage of preschoolers that comply with the guidelines regarding a 24-hour day. Within the project, we will work closely together with both preschoolers' teachers and parents to develop and create the intervention, framed within the Intervention Mapping protocol. The intervention will be evaluated through a cluster randomized controlled trial, using a pretest, posttest and follow-up. Preschoolers' physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep will be measured using an objective measurement device (accelerometer).

Conditions

Health Behavior

Keywords

24-hour movement behaviours; behavioural change intervention; preschoolers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines

  Compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines

  Pretest (before intervention)

• Compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines

  Compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines

  posttest (after intervention = 6 months after pretest)

• Compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines

  Compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines

  Follow-up (6 months after posttest)

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group will receive what came out of the co-creation sessions with preschoolers' teachers and parents.

Behavioral: The healthy day-project

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention will be given in the control group, but they will receive the intervention after follow-up. Afterwards, teachers and parents can keep the intervention materials as an incentive.

Interventions

The healthy day-project BEHAVIORAL

The content of the intervention will be based on what comes out of the cocreation sessions, which means that it is not yet possible to know what the intervention will exactly consist of. The idea is to compile two co-creation groups, both consisting of preschool teachers and preschoolers' parents. Within both co-creation groups, feasible and easy-to-use strategies to implement both at preschool and at home embedded within preschoolers' play-based learning will be the goal. Both co-creation groups will investigate and develop ways to incorporate play-based learning within health promotion throughout the day at home and at preschool.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• preschoolers aged 3-5 years attending participating preschools

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Ghent: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ghent University, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Marieke De Craemer, PhD

  University Ghent

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Parents of preschoolers in the intervention region are aware that they are taking part in a health promoting intervention
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Cluster randomized controlled trial (preschools are unit of randomization) with an intervention and a control including a pretest (T0), a posttest (T1) and a follow-up (T2)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2022
• First Posted: October 10, 2023
• Study Start: July 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2024
• Study Completion: August 30, 2024
• Last Updated: October 10, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)