MedTrace Logo

Effects of Brain Breaks on Educational Achievement in School Settings: The Break4Brain Project

NCT06319833 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2024-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A total of 600 children between 10 and 12 years of age will be randomized among two experimental conditions: physical activity interacting with a video (n = 300), and sedentary activity (n = 300). The experimental condition will take place in the school settings during the school day through a between-subject design with a total of two measurements, pre, and post-test. Using the latest advances, the transient effects of the experimental conditions on cognitive and academic performance will be measured. The experimental condition was crafted through a qualitative design involving semi-structured interviews with teachers (n = 41) and members of the management team (n = 16), along with questionnaires administered to students (n = 600). To enhance and ensure its sustainability, the same process will be replicated after the intervention. Interviews and questionnaires were meticulously crafted by the RE-AIM framework, and subsequently validated through a rigorous process involving an expert panel (n = 30) utilizing the Delphi methodology. This project has the potential to substantially contribute to the field of acute physical activity and could have a meaningful transference on the educational system. This method might be prescribed as an effective teaching strategy.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity interacting with a video

This experimental condition will be implemented five times a week, once per day, over 8 weeks. It will follow a structured format, including seven consecutive 40-second blocks of physical activity. The total video duration will amount to 9 minutes (40 seconds of activity followed by 20 seconds of rest, maintaining a 2:1 work-to-rest ratio). Additionally, participants will engage in 5 minutes of warm-up exercises and 5 minutes of cool-down activities. The experimental condition will consist of 10 videos, each centered around one of five different themes (a different one will be administered every day).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • European Regional Development Fund

    collaborator OTHER

  • State Research Agency, Spain

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of the Balearic Islands

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-08
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2024-07-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT06319833 on ClinicalTrials.gov