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School Intervention to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce the Sedentary Time of Low-income Children Aged 6-13 Years

NCT03983447 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 350

Last updated 2019-06-12

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Summary

This study is realized in 2 primary schools in the city of Tarbes (France), located in a disadvantaged neighbourhood : 352 children are included in the study.

This study has many goals: 1) to propose an intervention to promote PA (Physical Activity) and reduce ST (Sedentary Time) of children aged 6 to 13 years from a primary school located in a disadvantaged neighbourhood and measures the effectiveness of this intervention (1rst grade-5th grade). This intervention was based on the factors of socio-ecological model related to health behaviours. The levels of PA and ST of the experimental school will be compared to a control school with the realization of pre and post intervention measures. 2) To study the relationships between PA, ST, motors skills, attentional abilities and academic achievement. 3)To realise a descriptive analysis of PA and ST of children in 2nd and 5th grade from France and Spain (observational study). For this goal, an other school in Spain was included in the study (city of Huesca, 60 children).

Conditions

  • Physical Activity
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Children
  • School-based Intervention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

School-based intervention to promote PA and reduce ST

This intervention was realized with all the children (1st grade-5th grade) and involved : 1. Physical (Environmental) adaptation of playgrounds 2. Time adaptation of lunch breaks 3. Curriculum-based program for children 4. Workshops and newsletters for parents 5. Meetings for teachers

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-01
Primary Completion
2016-12-20
Completion
2019-05-31

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