Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT05237674 |
| Other study ID # |
2124712 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
February 23, 2022 |
| Est. completion date |
June 27, 2023 |
Study information
| Verified date |
May 2024 |
| Source |
University of Copenhagen |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of an education outside the
classroom (EOtC) intervention on adolescents' physical activity, school motivation, academic
achievement, and wellbeing. The study will also investigate which pedagogical and didactical
elements of EOtC are important to achieve more physical activity, school motivation, and
wellbeing.
Description:
Globally, many children and adolescents are insufficiently physically active which increases
the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and poor mental health over the lifecourse.
Schools are an important setting to promote physical activity (PA) as children and
adolescents spend a large proportion of their waking hours in this setting. The MOVEOUT study
aims to increase school-based PA and wellbeing trough implementing regular practice of
education outside the classroom (EOtC) during school hours. In EOtC, teachers relocate
teaching and learning activities to places and settings outside the school building, e.g.,
urban and green space, societal institutions, and private companies, in agreement with
curricular aims, content and obligations. The aim of EOtC is to promote pupils' learning and
wellbeing through practical activities and the use of body and senses in authentic
situations. Cross-sectional studies suggest that practice of EOtC is positively associated
with more moderate-to-vigorous PA for boys, and more and light-intensity PA for girls.
Quasi-experimental studies further demonstrate a positive effect of regular practice of EOtC
on school motivation and wellbeing, without compromising academic performance. However, no
studies have investigated the effect of EOtC on PA, school motivation, or wellbeing in a
randomised controlled design. Furthermore, the specific pedagogical and didactical elements
in EOtC sessions that promote PA, school motivation, and wellbeing have not been researched.
Therefore, the aim of MOVEOUT is to study the effect on adolescents' PA, school motivation,
and wellbeing and the mechanisms of EOtC that might promote PA, school motivation, and
wellbeing in a randomised controlled design.
Compared to previous studies, the MOVEOUT study provides a methodologically improved and more
robust evaluation. This study investigates the efficacy, mechanisms, and mediating effects of
an EOtC intervention, The TEACHOUT Intervention[1], in a cluster randomised waitlist
controlled trial with 15 intervention schools and 15 control schools. Schools will be
required to have one or more classes grade 4-10 (pupils aged 10-16). The study will
investigate which pedagogical and didactical elements of EOtC that are important to achieve
more PA, school motivation, and wellbeing for 1) all adolescents, 2) adolescents at risk of
becoming overweight, and 3) boys and girls separately. MOVEOUT will provide solid evidence of
the effect of EOtC and supplement theory on EOtC pedagogy and didactics, which is needed in
practice and policy to inform the already ongoing scale-up of EOtC, for instance in Northern
European countries. The study is conducted in partnership between the applying institutions
and the participating schools through all phases.
