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

Obesity Clinical Trial

— Youp'là bouge  

Official title:

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)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00967460
• Other study ID #: 88/09
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 26, 2009
• Last updated: January 27, 2011
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: August 2009
• Source: University of Lausanne Hospitals
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1764
• Est. completion date: September 2010
• Est. primary completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 2 Years to 5 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children in selected childcare centers

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Inactivity
• Obesity

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Ligues de la santé	Lausanne
Switzerland	University of Lausanne	Lausanne
Switzerland	University of Lausanne Hospitals	Lausanne

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Lausanne Hospitals	University of Basel, University of Lausanne, University of Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Motor skills		1 school year	No
Secondary	Physical activity		1 school year	No
Secondary	Enjoyment of physical activity		1 school year	No
Secondary	BMI		1 school year	No
Secondary	Quality of life		1 school year	No
Secondary	Physical activity and behavior of the family		1 school year	No