School Gardens and Physical Activity

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

Official title:

School Gardens and Physical Activity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02148315
• Other study ID #: RWFJ 69550
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 23, 2014
• Last updated: May 23, 2014
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: May 2014
• Source: Cornell University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether school gardens affect children's physical activity.

Description:

New York State schools were randomly assigned to receive school gardens and associated curriculum or to serve on the wait list control group that received gardens and curriculum at the end of the 2-year study. Baseline data were collected in Fall 2011. Garden interventions began in Spring 2012. Follow-up data were collected at 6, 12, 18 months following baseline data collection.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 234
• Est. completion date: June 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 8 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• schools had at least 50% of enrolled children qualifying for free + reduced price meals (FRPM)

• schools did not already have a school garden

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• garden

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Schools in New York State	Ithaca	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cornell University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	change in physical activity	Physical activity was measured using a survey measure, accelerometry, and direct observation.	change from baseline to follow-ups at 6, 12, 18 months	No
Secondary	change in time spent outdoors	Time spent outdoors was measured by lux using accelerometry	baseline to follow-ups at 6, 12, 18 months	No

External Links

•   Active Living Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
•   Wells lab at Cornell University