Move ARound And Get Active: an Intervention to Optimize 24-hour Movement Behaviours in Preschoolers

NCT06171191 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: ONZ-2023-0229
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 4

Brief Summary

In 2019, the World Health Organization established new guidelines for physical activity, sedentary screen time, and sleep for children under 5 years old. Unfortunately, only a few (6%) of preschoolers in Flanders, Belgium, adhere to these guidelines. The aim of this study is to test a health program developed to optimize 24-hour behaviors in preschoolers and encourage more children to follow the guidelines. The program was created using the Intervention Mapping Protocol in collaboration with parents. It consists of seven sessions for parents and preschoolers, providing strategies to encourage compliance with the guidelines. The program's effectiveness will be evaluated through a randomized controlled trial, with the intervention group attending the sessions and the control group receiving the intervention materials at the end of the study.

Conditions

Parents; Child Behavior; Child Obesity; Physical Inactivity; Sedentary Behavior; Sedentary Time; Sleep; Parenting

Keywords

24-hour movement behavior; physical activity; sedentary behavior; screen time; sleep; preschooler; parenting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 24-hour movement behaviour: physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep

  These behaviours will be assessed with accelerometers (GT3X+), To differentiate sedentary behavior from light physical activity and light physical activity from moderate to vigourous physical activity cut-points of 25 and 420 counts/15 seconds will be used respectively (Evenson et al., 2008; Pate et al., 2006)

  Results in October 2024

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Parenting practices

  Results in October 2024

• Process

  Results in October 2024

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group receives intervention between prétest and posttest. Three months after posttest they undergo a follow-up test

Behavioral: Move-ARound And Get Active

Control group

OTHER

Waiting group. Control group receives intervention after all test (prétest, posttest and follow-up test)

Behavioral: Move-ARound And Get Active

Interventions

Move-ARound And Get Active BEHAVIORAL

The intervention consists of seven sessions for parents and preschoolers, providing strategies to encourage compliance with the 24-hour movement behavior guidelines for preschoolers of the World Health Organisation.

Also known as: MARGA

Control group; Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Months - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Preschoolers between 2,5 to 6 years
• One parent per preschooler
• Parent needs to be able to understand, speak, read and write Dutch
• Child needs to be able to understand Dutch
• Child needs to be able to wear accelerometer
• Child needs to by mentally and physically able to comply with the 24-hour movement behavior guidelines
• Parent needs to be mentally able to complete the testing and intervention

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will be excluded form analyses when incomplete data required to answer the research question

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Ghent: lead
• Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Aalst: collaborator
• AZ Jan Palfijn Gent: collaborator
• AZ Alma: collaborator
• Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares: collaborator

Study Sites (4)

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwenziekenhuis Campus Aalst

Aalst, East-Flanders, 9300, Belgium

RECRUITING

AZ Alma

Eeklo, East-Flanders, 9900, Belgium

RECRUITING

AZ Jan Palfijn

Ghent, East-Flanders, 9000, Belgium

RECRUITING

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, East-Flanders, 9000, Belgium

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Decraene M, Miatke A, Dumuid D, Cardon G, Verloigne M, De Bruyne R, Verbestel V, De Craemer M. Optimising 24-Hour movement behaviours in preschoolers through parenting practices: an evidence-based intervention study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Dec 12. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01863-z. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 41388547 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Child Behavior; Pediatric Obesity; Sedentary Behavior; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Ruth De Bruyne, PhD

  University Hospital, Ghent

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Marga Decraene, MSc

CONTACT

+32 9 332 26 32; marga.decraene@ugent.be

Marieke De Craemer, PhD

CONTACT

marieke.decraemer@ugent.be

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Randomised controlled trial. Prétest, posttest, follow-up test design. Intervention group receives intervention in between prétest en posttest. Control group receives intervention after follow-up

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2023
• First Posted: December 14, 2023
• Study Start: July 27, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: February 23, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

BE (4)