Community Characteristics and Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls - Ancillary to TAAG

Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Trial

— TAAG2  

Official title:

Community Characteristics and Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00046631
• Other study ID #: 1188
• Secondary ID: R01HL071244
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 30, 2002
• Last updated: March 11, 2014
• Start date: August 2002
• Est. completion date: July 2007

Study information

• Verified date: March 2014
• Source: RAND
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To investigate the role of community characteristics in physical activity levels of adolescent girls.

Description:

BACKGROUND:

The NHLBI-funded multi-centered Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) is a group (school)-randomized controlled intervention trial to increase physical activity among a cohort of sixth grade girls over 2.5 years.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Because environmental factors can influence the likelihood that a person will engage in physical activity, the study investigates the role of community characteristics in physical activity levels. The research forms an ancillary study to the NHLBI-funded multi-centered Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG), a group (school)-randomized controlled intervention trial to increase physical activity among a cohort of sixth grade girls over 2.5 years. The parent TAAG study will be collecting measures of physical activity using both self-report and CSA accelerometers, small monitors worn at the hip that record acceleration and deceleration of movement without the need for any reporting from the participants. Using a radius of 5 miles around each participating TAAG school and around the homes of each study participant, the investigators plan to use geographic information systems (GIS) to gather information documenting proximity of recreational facilities, street design, population density, population mix (ethnic/age distribution), crime, availability of mass transit, neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES), geographic elevations and topography and types of land use. Using hierarchical linear modeling, with girls nested within neighborhoods, while controlling for individual level factors such as race and socioeconomic status, they plan to investigate the relationship of the environment to individual physical activity. In addition, by following girls over time, they plan to investigate whether the effect of the TAAG intervention will be modified by community characteristics. This study will be unique in its scope of exploring the role of community environments in physical activity across six very different urban, suburban, and rural areas: San Diego, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Baltimore, MD, New Orleans, LA, Tucson, AZ and Columbia, SC.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1556
• Est. completion date: July 2007
• Est. primary completion date: July 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 11 Years to 14 Years
• Eligibility: No eligibility criteria

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Heart Diseases

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Maryland	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	University of South Carolina	Columbia	South Carolina
United States	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	Tulane	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	San Diego State University	San Diego	California
United States	University of Arizona	Tucson	Arizona

Sponsors (9)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
RAND	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), San Diego State University, Tulane University, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of South Carolina

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (5)

Cohen DA, Ashwood JS, Scott MM, Overton A, Evenson KR, Staten LK, Porter D, McKenzie TL, Catellier D. Public parks and physical activity among adolescent girls. Pediatrics. 2006 Nov;118(5):e1381-9. — View Citation

Dowda M, McKenzie TL, Cohen DA, Scott MM, Evenson KR, Bedimo-Rung AL, Voorhees CC, Almeida MJ. Commercial venues as supports for physical activity in adolescent girls. Prev Med. 2007 Aug-Sep;45(2-3):163-8. Epub 2007 Jun 7. — View Citation

Evenson KR, Scott MM, Cohen DA, Voorhees CC. Girls' perception of neighborhood factors on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and BMI. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Feb;15(2):430-45. — View Citation

Scott MM, Cohen DA, Evenson KR, Elder J, Catellier D, Ashwood JS, Overton A. Weekend schoolyard accessibility, physical activity, and obesity: the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls (TAAG) study. Prev Med. 2007 May;44(5):398-403. Epub 2006 Dec 29. — View Citation

Scott MM, Evenson KR, Cohen DA, Cox CE. Comparing perceived and objectively measured access to recreational facilities as predictors of physical activity in adolescent girls. J Urban Health. 2007 May;84(3):346-59. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity	We examined the association between built environment features and physical activity	3 years	No
Secondary	Body Mass Index	We examined the association between built environment features and BMI	3 years	No