Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Executive Function, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Children

NCT06376864 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RC- FNRA-IG /20-21/SOSC/01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 450
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current study aims to implement the Activity Breaks intervention and evaluate its effectiveness on outcome measures of executive function (EF), physical activity (PA), and sedentary behaviour (SB) in school children.

Conditions

Child Behavior

Keywords

physical activity; sedentary behaviour; executive fundtion; health promotion; children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Executive function

  The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST): The computerized version of the WCST will be used to assess flexibility in decision making in this study. The number of total errors and perseverative errors and failure to maintain a set will be used as scores.

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

• Psychological capacities

  Stroop Task. A computerized modified Stroop task will be used to reflect inhibition skills that help individuals override a prepotent response in favour of an alternative response.

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

• Working memory

  Digit Span Backward: In this test, a participant will be presented with a series of digits to be repeated backwards.

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

• Attention

  Measures of child attention levels will be measured using the online version of d2-R test of attention. TN-E is a total performance score which gives a measure of the relationship between performance accuracy and speed. TN-E scores are defined as 50-60% bad, 60-70% medium, 70-85% normal and over 85% is good.

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Physical activity (min/week)

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

• Sedentary behavior (hour)

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

• Body weight (kg)

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

• Height (cm)

  baseline, 8 weeks, and 20 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Activity Breaks intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention arm will receive the Activity Breaks intervention.

Behavioral: Activity Breaks

The control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control arm will continue to receive their normal instruction.

Interventions

Activity Breaks BEHAVIORAL

The Activity Breaks intervention is a 5-minute Activity Breaks programme that allows classroom teachers of all ages and ability levels to lead simple movement activities within their classrooms, negating the need for additional personnel or space.

Activity Breaks intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• School children in primary school (exclude private or special education schools), grades 4-6 (8-12 years old)
• children with parental consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with diagnosed behavioural or learning problems (e.g., attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hong Kong Baptist University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Sport, Physical Education, and Health, Hong Kong Bapist University

Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Child Behavior; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Julien S. BAKER, PhD

  HKBU

  STUDY CHAIR

• Wendy Yajun HUANG, PhD

  Sport, Physical Education and Health/SOSC/HKBU

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 28, 2024
• First Posted: April 19, 2024
• Study Start: January 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2024
• Study Completion: July 30, 2024
• Last Updated: October 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)