NCT05521490

Combating Physical Inactivity Pandemic in Kindergartens

Combating Physical Inactivity Pandemic by Promoting Physical Fitness Education and Physical Activity-Embedded Curriculum in Kindergartens

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of a kindergarten-based, parent-involved intervention during the upper kindergarten year (K3) on physical activity and physical fitness in preschool children.

Detailed description

This study is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Kindergartens will be randomly allocated to two groups: the usual care group and the intervention group. The usual care group will continue with their usual curriculum, which includes 30 minutes of daily physical activity stipulated by the Hong Kong SAR Government's Education Bureau. The intervention group will receive an additional 2.5 hours of physical activity per week in addition to the stipulated 30 minutes of daily physical activity. Outcome measures will be examined at baseline, 10 months (post-intervention), and 16 months (follow-up).

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Usual Care Control	30 minutes of physical activity on each school day.
BEHAVIORAL	Physical Activity Enhanced Curriculum	Additional 2.5 hours of physical activity per week in addition to the stipulated 30 minutes of daily physical activity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-01
• Primary completion: 2026-08-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2022-08-30
• Last updated: 2022-08-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong