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Optimizing Health Among Children With Congenital Heart Defects

NCT00974688 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 172

Last updated 2013-08-27

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Summary

Quality of life and heart health are intimately connected to childhood physical activity participation (PAP). Physical activity is critical to childhood growth, development, learning, socialization, and quality of life and is an essential component of life-long heart health. Research by the investigators of this study and others has shown that low PAP levels are common among children with heart defects, and that these sedentary lifestyles are not related to exercise capacity, medical status or heart function.

Conditions

  • Congenital Heart Defects

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Information Intervention

The information intervention is designed to ensure that the parent(s) and child have a clear understanding of the range of physical activity opportunities that are appropriate and recommended for the child. The information intervention will be comprised of discussions and written information.

BEHAVIORAL

Demonstration Intervention

The demonstration intervention will be designed to demonstrate to the child and parent(s) specifically what the child is able to do in relation to fitness and motor skill activities. The demonstration intervention will consist of having the child complete a standardized exercise testing protocol on the treadmill, followed by discussions with the child and parent(s) to convey the results of the study testing of fitness and gross motor skill.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brain W McCrindle, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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