Data Coaching Process to Address Staff Physical Activity Promoting Behavior and Child Physical Activity

NCT07195409 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: IRB-13105Kansas Department of Health
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether a data coaching process called Out of School Time Coach (OST-Coach) can increase child physical activity (PA) behavior, perceived motor competence, and staff PA-promoting practices. Aim 1: Determine the impact that the OST-Coach intervention has on child PA behavior and perceived motor competence. The investigators hypothesize that integrating a targeted data coaching system will increase the amount of PA children engage in during the OST program and enhance their perceived motor competence compared to sites receiving standard practice. Aim 2: Assess the impact of the OST-Coach intervention on staff PA-promoting practices. The investigators will measure the effectiveness of the OST-Coach intervention by observing staff behavior and assessing their willingness to integrate evidence-based practices during OST programming. It is hypothesized that OST leaders at intervention sites will implement more PA-promoting practices. Child physical activity will be measured via systematic observation and a survey assessing perceived motor competence. Staff PA-promoting behaviors will be observed via systematic observation and evaluated through a survey to understand the impact of the data coaching process. The intervention is delivered at the staff level, with feedback provided four times throughout the academic year.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

physical activity; staff behavior; motor competence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Child Physical Activity

  To ensure broader dissemination of this work and make it more feasible for OST-related programs to capture PA data, the investigators will measure child PA through systematic observation. Specifically, they will use the System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Youth (SOPLAY), a momentary time sampling technique that systematically observes child PA behavior. During a SOPLAY scan, each child in the activity setting is coded as sedentary, walking, or very active. Additional scans can be conducted for females and males to account for potential group-level gender differences. The validity of SOPLAY has been established through heart rate monitoring and accelerometry-based activity monitors.

  Through study completion, 1 year.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Staff Physical Activity Promoting Behavior

  Through study completion, 1 year

• Child Percieved Motor Competence

  Baseline and end of 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Arm (OST-Coach)

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention arm (OST-Coach) will receive four data coaching sessions on the data collected at intervention sites. Data will be compiled into a data report and then shared back to the site leaders. Data coaching sessions will follow IDPR principles, first session (investigate), second session (design), third session (practice) and fourth session reflect).

Behavioral: Out of School Time Coach (OST-Coach)

Control Arm (Standard Practice)

NO INTERVENTION

Sites will not receive OST-Coach intervention but will receive data reports.

Interventions

Out of School Time Coach (OST-Coach) BEHAVIORAL

Four data coaching session (investigate, design, practice, reflect) will be conducted over an academic year. Each session will involve: a customized site level data report, goal setting and implementing strategies to address child physical activity, motor competence, and staff physical activity promoting behaviors.

Intervention Arm (OST-Coach)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• All student enrolled in the after-school programs at the elementary level

You may not qualify if:

• Not enrolled in the after-school program and not at the elementary level.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kansas State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, United States

RECRUITING

Related Publications (2)

• Stoepker P, Biber D, Dauenhauer B, Steel C, Carlson JA. The Integration of a Data Sharing Process to Address Out-of-School Time Physical Activity, Locomotor Skills, and Program Leader Behavior: A Pilot Study. Health Promot Pract. 2025 Jul 10:15248399251348168. doi: 10.1177/15248399251348168. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 40636958 BACKGROUND

• Stoepker P, Dzewaltowski DA. Data Coaching: A Strategy to Address Youth Physical Behavior, Motor Competence, and Out-of-School Time Leader Evidence-Based Practices. J Phys Act Health. 2023 Dec 12;21(3):215-217. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2023-0673. Print 2024 Mar 1. No abstract available.

  PMID: 38086365 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Peter T Stoepker, PhD

CONTACT

616-796-4708; stoepker@ksu.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Kinesiology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 10, 2025
• First Posted: September 26, 2025
• Study Start: September 10, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Last Updated: September 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: Starting in June 2025 or after the publication of results and will be available for 6 months.
• Access Criteria: Access to de-identified participant data will be granted to qualified researchers in the same field, upon submission of a methodologically sound proposal and approval by the study team. Data must be used only for research purposes, and re-identification of participants is prohibited. The data however is observational and there is no possible way to link to child or staff member participating in study.

Locations

US (1)