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Expanded Game Squad for Neurodiverse Youth

NCT03665415 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2020-02-19

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Summary

The proposed study will pilot the use of an adapted Game Squad intervention aimed at improving physical activity and other important health behaviors (nutrition, sleep hygiene, screen time habits) for children and adolescents receiving special education supports for behavioral health challenges, or who are served by the Boston Medical Center Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (BMC-DBP) clinic.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity
  • Mental Health Issue (E.G., Depression, Psychosis, Personality Disorder, Substance Abuse)
  • Health Behavior
  • Developmental Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

NDGameSquad

The intervention will be delivered within participants' homes. Participants will be provided a gaming console and exergames. Participants will be encouraged to meet a goal of 60 minutes/day of MVPA for the duration of the intervention by playing the exergames at least three times per week and engaging in non-screen based physical activity on other days. Participants will receive a booklet that includes a curriculum for playing weekly challenges. Participants will wear a FitBit during their exergaming sessions. Participants and parents meet bi-weekly with a health coach via video-chat using the exergame console. Sessions will identify and encourage specific physical activity, healthy eating, and healthy sleep habits. At the school site, participants will receive additional check-ins, engagement support, and health curricula from classroom teachers during the first 10 weeks of the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    collaborator OTHER

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boston Medical Center Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Marblehead Public Schools

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Merrimack College

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-06
Primary Completion
2019-08-15
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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