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Cardiovascular Disease and the Effects of a Cross-curricular Physical Activity Intervention

U

University of Glamorgan

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cardiovascular Disease

Treatments

Other: Activity Knowledge Circuits

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a cross-curricular physical activity intervention on cardiovascular disease risk factors in 11-14 year olds. The null hypothesis states that the intervention will have no effect on cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Full description

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease including obesity, blood pressure and blood lipids have been shown to track from childhood through to adulthood. The prevalence of overweight and obesity for children (4-18 years) in the UK is reported to be 15 % and 4 % respectively. Furthermore, in comparison to England (2.9 %) obesity is more prevalent for those living in Scotland (7.6 %) and Wales (6.5 %). Previous research from two Welsh secondary schools indicate overweight and obesity rates for boys and girls aged 12-13 to be even greater at 26 % and 38 % respectively. Further to this, 19 % were identified as having elevated total cholesterol (≥5.2 mmol/L).

For many, overweight and obesity is the result of the combined effect of excess energy consumption and inadequate physical activity. Previous school-based physical activity interventions have demonstrated modest improvements to cardiovascular disease risk factors by implementing extra-curricular activities or improving current physical education curriculum. Few have attempted to increase physical activity using normally, class-room taught curriculum subjects. This study examines the impact of activity knowledge circuits to combat cardiovascular disease risk factors in 11-14 year old children.

Enrollment

192 patients

Sex

All

Ages

11 to 14 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Any pupil attending years 7, 8, and 9 of a secondary comprehensive school in South Wales

Exclusion criteria

  • Any pupil with an injury or illness that prevented them from taking part in any form of physical activity.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

192 participants in 2 patient groups

Activity prescription
Experimental group
Treatment:
Other: Activity Knowledge Circuits
Normal Curriculum
No Intervention group
Description:
Followed normal curriculum including physical education

Trial contacts and locations

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