Effect of a Physical-activity-promoting Environment on Motor Skills, Physical Activity and Quality of Life of Children in Childcare Settings (Youp'là bouge)

Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inactivity; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00967460

88/09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of a project promoting unstructured spontaneous physical activity (PA) through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment of childcare centers on motor skills, physical activity, desire to move around, body mass index (BMI), quality of life and PA and behavior of the family.

Full description

The study will last one school year and includes 58 childcare centers in 3 provinces (JU, NE, VD) of the French part of Switzerland.

Enrollment: 1,764 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children in selected childcare centers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,764 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group: No intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention, regular childcare program

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Promoting unstructured spontaneous PA through an adaptation of the built environment and the provision of a supportive social environment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle intervention