NCT03436355

Active School. A School-based Intervention to Increase Childrens Daily Physical Activity Level.

Active School. A School-based Intervention to Increase Childrens Daily Physical Activity and Its Effect on Childrens Self-regulation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 449 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Stavanger · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study seeks to explore whether increased physical activity in school affects children's executive function, aerobic Fitness and childrens self-regulation. The "Active school" study was a 10-month randomized controlled trial. The sample included 449 children (10-11 years old) in five intervention and four control schools. The weekly interventions were 2×45 minutes physically active academic lessons, 5×10 minutes physically active breaks, and 5×10 minutes physically active homework. Aerobic fitness was measured using a 10-minute interval running test. Executive function was tested using four cognitive tests (Stroop, verbal fluency, digit span, and Trail Making). A composite score for executive function was computed and used in analyses. Self-regulation was measured by the Child Behavior Rating Scale.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Aerobic Fitness
• Executive Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical activity	The "Active school" study was a 10-month randomized controlled trial.The weekly interventions were 2×45 minutes physically active academic lessons, 5×10 minutes physically active breaks, and 5×10 minutes physically active homework.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2018-02-19
• Last updated: 2018-12-05