Parents and Children Active Together Study
ConditionPhysical Activity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age3-5
SponsorUniversity of Victoria
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to examine physical activity habit formation in parents and if this can increase moderate to vigorous physical activity behavior in their children over six months.The Primary Research Question is:
Does the habit formation condition result in increased moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity of the child compared to the control (education) and education + planning conditions at six months? Hypothesis: Child physical activity will be higher for the habit formation condition in comparison to the more standard physical activity education and planning conditions at six months.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 3 and 5 years. Families will reside in greater Victoria, British Columbia. Parents can be single parents or co-parents (i.e. we only require one parent and one child to participate). Families will be included if they have at least one parent who will participate and one child between the ages of 3 and 5 who is not meeting current physical activity guidelines (>=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity. There will be no delimitations to the sample based on socio-economic or ethnic variables.
Disqualifiers
Exclusion Criteria: If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines >=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Habit formation intervention
BehavioralIn addition to the control content and the planning content, this intervention will include material provided to the family that assists with creating physical activity support habits. The material contains a discussion of what habits are, straightforward examples, planning and pointers for forming habits. A key component of the habit intervention will be planning for context-dependent repetition.
Physical activity planning intervention
BehavioralThis arm will receive the control education content, but will also be provided with family PA planning material. This material will include skill training content (workbook on how to plan for family PA). The material includes a brainstorming exercise for parents where they list physical activities they think their children have found fun in the past, as well as activities that they would find enjoyable to do as a family. We also have Canadian parental survey data on the most preferred co-physical activities for children 3-6. We will provide this material as prompts/suggestions. This list helps create the template for PA planning by contextualizing what the parents would like to do with their kids.
Treatment groups
240 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsGroup A: Standard education control groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Physical activity planning interventionOther 1 intervention
Group C: Habit formation interventionOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change from baseline in children's physical activity to 6 months
Children's physical activity will be quantified by accelerometry. Children will wear an accelerometer for a minimum of 6 hours per day for 7 days at baseline and 6 months. Additionally this measure will assess intermediate outcomes at 6 weeks and 3 months.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 monthsSecondary outcomes
1
Change from baseline to 6 months in child physical activity by parent proxy self-report
The parent will complete a modified Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire to report physical activity of the target child to assess habitual moderate to vigorous physical activity at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months. Questions assess intensity, frequency, and duration of physical activity in an average week. Additionally this measure will assess intermediate outcomes at 6 weeks and 3 months.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 months2
Change from baseline in self-reported parental co-activity habit to 6 months
The parent will complete an adapted self-reported habit strength index for co-activity with their child at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months. Intermediate outcomes will be at 6 weeks and 3 months.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 monthsOther outcomes
1
TERTIARY OUTCOME - Change from baseline in parent physical activity to 6 months
Parental physical activity will be quantified by accelerometry. Parents will wear an accelerometer for a minimum of 10 hours per day for 7 days at baseline and 6 months. Additionally this measure will assess intermediate outcomes at 6 weeks and 3 months.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 months2
TERTIARY OUTCOME - Change from baseline to 6 months in self-reported parent physical activity
As a tertiary outcome measure, the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire will be used to measure self-reported physical activity at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months. Questions assess intensity, frequency, and duration of physical activity in an average week.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 months3
TERTIARY OUTCOME - Change from baseline in self-reported parent-child co-activity to 6 months
Parents will complete a modified Godin Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire to assess parent-child co-activity. This measure will be assessed at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months. Intermediate outcomes will be at 6 weeks and 3 months.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 months4
TERTIARY OUTCOME - Change from baseline in objectively assessed parent-child co-activity to 6 months.
An accelerometer Bluetooth-enabled feature measures proximity detection, allowing for the objective assessment of co-activity between parent and child. Parent and child will wear accelerometers at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months to assess co-activity. Intermediate co-activity outcomes will be at 6 weeks and 3 months.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 monthsSponsors and contacts
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University of Victoria
Lead sponsor
Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
Collaborator
University of British Columbia
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov