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STEP: Enhanced Physical Activity in Children and Youth With Epilepsy

NCT01550874 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2018-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Epilepsy is common in childhood. Children with epilepsy are at increased risk of impaired health, functioning, psychological well-being, and quality of life. There is compelling evidence that physical activity improves the medical and psychosocial aspects of health in adults with epilepsy - but there are no such studies in children. This study is to see if increased levels of physical activity can influence children's functioning, psychological well-being, and quality of life.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity behavior-change counselling

Participants in the experimental group will be motivated by augmented behavior modification strategies aiming to increase performance by: (i) having access to the pedometer web page that allows them to view their automatically calculated goals, and (ii) get feedback about performance toward goals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ontario Brain Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gabriel M Ronen, MD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-02
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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