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Increasing Children's Physical Activity by Policy (CAP)

NCT04569578 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4000

Last updated 2021-09-01

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Summary

Levels of physical activity (PA) and physical fitness in children are low and declining, both globally and in Sweden. Preschools are important settings with the potential to influence the majority (\>93%) of Swedish children's PA behaviors in early stage of life (\<5 years). Preschool policy is an organizational level factor associated with children's PA but the casual link remains unclear. A cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a policy package for children's PA levels and other relevant health indicators.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity
  • Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

OTHER

Policy

The intervention will include: i. Formalized physical activity policies implemented in preschools including the following: 1. A minimum of 3 hours of total daily outdoor time scheduled both in the morning and in the afternoon 2. At least 10 minutes teacher-led active play per day 3. A minimum of 1 weekly outdoor excursion 4. Meet the children outdoors when they arrive at preschool and/or picked up by their parents 5. Only use screen tablets and computers for educational teaching purposes 6. Communicating to, and encouraging, the parents to actively transport their children to and from preschools ii. A study website with an activity bank also serving as a platform for inter-professional education that preschool teachers can share and communicate about engaging activities and experience iii. Weekly follow-up and feedback by web-based questionnaires

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stockholm County Council (Center of Epidemiology and Community Medicine)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Berglind, Associate Professor · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-23
Primary Completion
2021-07-02
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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