Educational Program and Schoolchildren's Energy Expenditure

Sponsor

Federal University of São Paulo (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02024763

Collaborator

(none)

352

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

25.1

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a classroom teachers' educational intervention on 1st and 2nd grades children's physical activity level and energy expenditure during physical education classes in elementary public schools, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Physical Activity	Behavioral: Educational Intervention	N/A

Detailed Description

This study is a School-based Randomized Controlled Trial. Three-step cluster sampling was used for subject selection. In the first step, 8 schools in the Vila Mariana district - São Paulo were selected and assigned randomly to physical activity intervention (3 schools) or control condition (5 schools). In the second step, all 48 classes from the 1st and 2nd grades were selected. In the third step, 352 children were randomly selected compose the observational group. In both groups, questionnaire data and SOFIT's observation were collected two times: "pre" (immediately before the intervention), and "post" (immediately after the intervention), with a six weeks interval between them. No educational intervention was taken place in the control schools while the project was running. Afterwards control schools received training.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

352 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Official Title:

Effect of an Educational Program on Schoolchildren's Energy Expenditure During Physical Education Classes

Study Start Date :

Sep 1, 1999

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2000

Actual Study Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2000

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Educational Intervention Intervention was applied to classroom teachers by the RRIDA Project team. Training lasted six weeks, 12 hours devoted to physical activity and 18 hours to nutritional content. Modules of educational activities were taught in order to be replicated at PE classes to 1st and 2nd grades' children of three exposed schools. Physical activity module was based on a theoretical approach of physical activity benefits and risks for health, children's physical fitness and activity patterns, physical education and change behavior models. In each meeting the PE professionals, performed PE classes with the classroom teachers as students, focusing in strategies to keep them in movement for the most of PE class time to stimulate students' joint participation instead of individual participation or games.	Behavioral: Educational Intervention Intervention was applied to classroom teachers by the multidisciplinary team of the RRIDA Project. Training lasted six weeks, 12 hours devoted to physical activity and 18 hours to nutritional content. Modules of educational activities to classroom teachers were to be replicated at PE classes to children from 1st and 2nd grades of three exposed schools. The physical activity module was based on a theoretical approach of physical activity benefits and risks for health, children's physical fitness and activity patterns, physical education and change behavior models.
No Intervention: No Intervention No educational intervention was taken place in the control schools while the project was running. Afterwards, control schools received training.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Educational Intervention

Intervention was applied to classroom teachers by the RRIDA Project team. Training lasted six weeks, 12 hours devoted to physical activity and 18 hours to nutritional content. Modules of educational activities were taught in order to be replicated at PE classes to 1st and 2nd grades' children of three exposed schools. Physical activity module was based on a theoretical approach of physical activity benefits and risks for health, children's physical fitness and activity patterns, physical education and change behavior models. In each meeting the PE professionals, performed PE classes with the classroom teachers as students, focusing in strategies to keep them in movement for the most of PE class time to stimulate students' joint participation instead of individual participation or games.

Behavioral: Educational Intervention

Intervention was applied to classroom teachers by the multidisciplinary team of the RRIDA Project. Training lasted six weeks, 12 hours devoted to physical activity and 18 hours to nutritional content. Modules of educational activities to classroom teachers were to be replicated at PE classes to children from 1st and 2nd grades of three exposed schools. The physical activity module was based on a theoretical approach of physical activity benefits and risks for health, children's physical fitness and activity patterns, physical education and change behavior models.

No Intervention: No Intervention

No educational intervention was taken place in the control schools while the project was running. Afterwards, control schools received training.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in children's Physical Activity Level / Energy Expenditure after an Educational Intervention for classroom teachers. [Children's Physical Activity Level / Energy Expenditure were measured before and after an Educational Intervention to classroom teachers, with a six weeks interval.]
From eight elementary Public Schools we randomly selected three to receive an educational intervention for teachers. In order to evaluate intervention results, all the 1st and 2nd grades, from exposed and unexposed schools were nominated to have selected children. In each class, eight children were randomly selected. To assess children's level of physical activity, Physical Education classes were recorded. The videotapes analysis set the level of student's physical activity, teacher's attitude, and the class context. The observation instrument used was SOFIT - System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time. We analyzed and discussed the change in children's Physical Activity Level and Energy Expenditure before and after the Educational Intervention to classroom teachers, with a six weeks interval.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

7 Years to 10 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

children from 7 to 10 years of age, enrolled at 1st or 2nd grades of selected schools in Vila Mariana - Sao Paulo.

Exclusion Criteria:

Not have both observations.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Federal University of Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo		Brazil	04040032

Sponsors and Collaborators

Federal University of São Paulo

Investigators

Study Director: Jose Augusto AC Taddei, MD, Dr PH, Federal University of Sao Paulo

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Ana Paula Poblacion, Master in Science, Federal University of São Paulo

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02024763

Other Study ID Numbers:

APkit

First Posted:

Dec 31, 2013

Last Update Posted:

Dec 31, 2013

Last Verified:

Dec 1, 2013

Keywords provided by Ana Paula Poblacion, Master in Science, Federal University of São Paulo

Energy Expenditure

Physical Education

Children

Randomized Controlled Trial

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 31, 2013