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Girls on the Move Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among Middle School Girls

NCT01503333 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1543

Last updated 2018-11-21

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Summary

The purpose of this school-based trial is to test the efficacy of an intervention to increase moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among middle school girls. The 17-week "Girls on the Move" (GOTM) intervention has 3 components. Two individual-level components occurring during school hours include: (1) two face-to-face motivational, individually tailored counseling sessions with a school nurse, and (2) an interactive Internet-based session during which each girl receives motivational, individually tailored feedback messages (at 9 weeks). A group-level component, 90-minute Physical Activity (PA) Club provides an important venue after school that includes activities to assist girls in establishing a behavioral pattern of MVPA. The control condition will complete data collection activities and receive their usual school offerings.

The investigators hypothesize that immediately post-intervention, minutes of MVPA will be greater by 16 min./wk. in the intervention than control group; At 9 months post-intervention follow-up, minutes of MVPA will be greater in the intervention than control group; and immediately post-intervention, cardiovascular (CV) fitness will be higher and body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat will be lower in the intervention than control group.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity intervention

Receiving individual counseling with the school nurse, tailored feedback from computer program, and after-school physical activity club.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lorraine B Robbins, PhD · Michigan State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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