Systematic Initiative to Increase Activity in Schools

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Systematic Initiative to Increase Activity in Schools

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02411552
• Other study ID #: Wisconsin Active Schools
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 31, 2015
• Last updated: April 2, 2015
• Start date: September 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2014

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This initiative is a prospective study evaluating the effects of implementing physical activity strategies in Wisconsin schools with low socioeconomic status on childhood fitness.

Description:

This initiative is a prospective study evaluating the effects of implementing physical activity strategies in Wisconsin schools with low socioeconomic status on childhood fitness. Forty-nine schools participated in the study providing de-identified fitness data for students for 3 consecutive years. Twenty-five schools initiated physical activity interventions in year one and 24 schools initiating physical activity interventions in year two.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 4894
• Est. completion date: May 2014
• Est. primary completion date: May 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all children between 3rd and 8th grade

Exclusion Criteria:

• children who could not perform PACER (exercise)

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiovascular Fitness
• Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• physical activity
4 strategies are: (1) increased activity time during physical education class, (2) active recess, (3) opportunities for activity before and after school, and (4) active classroom breaks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	PACER fitness test	PACER is a 20 meter shuttle run in PE class	performed every 6 months each school year for 3 years	No