Adapted Physical Activity, Health-related Quality of Life and Satisfaction With Care in Hospitalized Children (ACTIVHOP)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hospitalization

Treatments: Other: adapted physical activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00828217

AC-2008-HO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of adapted physical activity intervention on health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care in hospitalized children and adolescents.

This is a randomized controlled study. The hypothesis is that children practicing adapted physical activity during their hospitalization present a higher health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care than those who do not.

Enrollment: 312 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Length of hospital stay (more than 3 days)

• Children or parents able to understand and read French

• No medical contra-indications to physical activity

• Children hospitalized in 3 specific departments at Nancy Children's Hospital:

  • Médecine Infantile 1 et 3(paediatrics)
  • Médecine Infantile 2 (haematology-oncology, immunology department)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique et Brûlés (orthopaedic surgery and Burned)

• Children and parents being agree to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• No written informed consent
• Children hospitalized less than 3 days
• Medical contra-indication to physical activity
• Children already included in that study (former hospitalization)

Trial design

312 participants in 2 patient groups

with APA

Experimental group

Description:

Children have adapted physical activity during their hospitalization

Treatment:

Other: adapted physical activity

without APA

No Intervention group

Description:

Children don't have adapted physical activity during their hospitalization