NCT03692702

Wellness Enhancing Physical Activity for Young Children

Completed NA Last updated 3 October 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing WE PLAY in Physical Activity in 82 participants. Completed in 18 July 2018.

Timeline

30 October 2017

Primary endpoint
4 May 2018

18 July 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Northeastern University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	82
Start date	30 October 2017
Primary completion	4 May 2018
Estimated completion	18 July 2018
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• WE PLAY

Conditions studied

• Physical Activity — all drugs for Physical Activity →

Sponsor

Northeastern University

Who can join

Adults 3 to 5, any sex, with Physical Activity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Wellness Enhancing Physical Activity for Young Children (WE PLAY) is a teacher training that is based online and was designed to support early childhood educators' efforts to promote physical activity (PA) through structured and unstructured active play with preschoolers. WE PLAY includes six components: (1) online training; (2) video library; (3) game sheets; (4) teacher self-assessment; (5) supervisor support; and (6) activity packs that are designed to work synergistically. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of WE PLAY on children's levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during school hours. We hypothesized that children whose teachers received WE PLAY would have higher levels of MVPA during school hours at post-intervention relative to pre-intervention and relative to children whose teachers did not receive WE PLAY. A second purpose was to examine the impact of WE PLAY on teacher outcomes (i.e., knowledge, intentions, perceived behavior control, subjective norms, perceived power beliefs, normative beliefs, and moral norms). We hypothesized that teachers who participated in WE PLAY would demonstrate higher scores on each of these variables at post-intervention relative to pre-intervention and to teachers in the control group. A cluster randomized controlled trial was used in this study. Six Head Start preschools were pair matched and randomized to the intervention (WE PLAY) or control groups. Preschool children (N=57) and their teachers (N=25) participated. Child MVPA was measured using accelerometers for 5-day periods at pre- and post-intervention. Teacher variables were measured using online surveys.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.