Girls Can...Move! Testing the Feasibility of a Community-based Physical Activity Intervention for Adolescent Girls

Physical Inactivity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Girls Can...Move! Testing the Feasibility of a Community-based Physical Activity Intervention for Adolescent Girls

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05241808
• Other study ID #: 59680
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 26, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: June 2022
• Source: University of Kentucky
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research is to learn about how to promote physical activity among adolescent girls by testing the feasibility and initial effectiveness of the Girls Can...Move! intervention. Girls Can...Move! will target each component of physical literacy by providing opportunities for adolescent girls to gain knowledge about their own physical activity level, to explore and practice different types of physical activities, and to learn from active female role models. Female participants (n = 30) from one middle school will be randomly assigned to the Girls Can...Move! intervention group or a control group at a 1:1 ratio. The primary outcome variables, physical activity and physical literacy, will be assessed before and after the 8-week Girls Can...Move! intervention using accelerometers and online surveys.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 17
• Est. completion date: April 26, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 26, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 11 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female
• Enrolled in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade at target school

Exclusion Criteria:

• Engage in 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on more than 3 days per week
• Doctor has told child/parent that there are certain types of activities that the child should not do
• Preexisting injuries or health conditions that limit physical activity

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Inactivity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Girls Can...Move!
Girls Can...Move! is an 8-week intervention designed to increase physical literacy and physical activity among middle school aged girls. One-hour, in-person sessions will be held twice per week for a total of 16 sessions. Each session involves: a brief educational lesson related to physical activity participation, a 30-minute group physical activity session, and a take-home challenge. The physical activities will prioritize enjoyment of physical activity and promote the development of movement competence. These activities may include: yoga; Zumba; Pilates; strength training; kick boxing; circuit training; etc.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Kentucky	Lexington	Kentucky

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Deirdre Dlugonski

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility of the Girls Can...Move! intervention	The number of participants enrolled, intervention session attendance (experimental group only), and participant satisfaction with intervention (experimental group only) will be included as feasibility measures.	pre-intervention (week 0)
Primary	Change in physical activity	Participants will wear an Actigraph accelerometer to measure change in physical activity from pre- to post- intervention for the experimental compared to control group.	pre-intervention immediately following 8-week intervention period (week 9)
Primary	Change in physical literacy	Participants will complete measures of self-reported physical literacy (PLAYself survey) at pre- and post-intervention to measure change in perceived physical literacy between experimental and control groups.	pre-intervention (week 0) and immediately following 8-week intervention period (week 9)
Secondary	Change in peer social support	Participants will complete measures of self-reported peer social support at pre- and post-intervention to measure change in perceived social support between experimental and control groups.	pre-intervention (week 0) and immediately following 8-week intervention period (week 9)
Secondary	Change in parental social support	Participants will complete measures of self-reported parental social support at pre- and post-intervention to measure change in perceived social support between experimental and control groups.	pre-intervention (week 0) and immediately following 8-week intervention period (week 9)