Effect of a Physical-activity-promoting Environment on Motor Skills, Physical Activity and Quality of Life of Children in Childcare Settings

Overview

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of a project promoting unstructured spontaneous physical activity (PA) through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment of childcare centers on motor skills, physical activity, desire to move around, body mass index (BMI), quality of life and PA and behavior of the family.

Full Title of Study: “Effect of a Physical-activity-promoting Environment on Motor Skills, Physical Activity, Quality of Life and BMI of Children in Childcare Settings (Youp’là Bouge)”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Prevention
    • Masking: Single (Investigator)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: September 2010

Detailed Description

The study will last one school year and includes 58 childcare centers in 3 provinces (JU, NE, VD) of the French part of Switzerland.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: Lifestyle intervention
    • Promoting unstructured spontaneous physical in childcare through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • No Intervention: Control group: No intervention
    • No intervention, regular childcare program
  • Experimental: Intervention group
    • Promoting unstructured spontaneous PA through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Motor skills
    • Time Frame: 1 school year

Secondary Measures

  • Physical activity
    • Time Frame: 1 school year
  • Enjoyment of physical activity
    • Time Frame: 1 school year
  • BMI
    • Time Frame: 1 school year
  • Quality of life
    • Time Frame: 1 school year
  • Physical activity and behavior of the family
    • Time Frame: 1 school year

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children in selected childcare centers

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 2 Years

Maximum Age: 5 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • University of Lausanne Hospitals
  • Collaborator
    • University of Lausanne
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Jardena J Puder, MD, University of Lausanne

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