Encouraging Physical Activity: Action Or Direction?

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy Children and Their Parents

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04300634

001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children's physical activity level is decreasing globally. Habits acquired in childhood and adolescence tend to continue in adulthood. Therefore, to obtain individuals who do physical activity or sports, this habit should be gained in childhood.

It is necessary to understand the factors affecting children's lives to increase the physical activity level of the children and make the active lifestyle a habit. These factors can be divided into the environment and family. It is the place where the family socialization process begins first and social norms and cultural values are learned. Parents can be more effective than the environment because they are the main decision-makers on the child. Parents configure the child's time, duties, provide the sports equipment to their child, transfer them for activity. They can support an active lifestyle by taking role models by children. Role modeling is defined as the child's behaviors of observation and social learning and their parents' behavior. In a review, it has been reported that physically active parents encourage their children to have more activities and may have active children. Small-group studies using an objective method are limited in terms of generalizability. While determining the activity level of the child and the family, the fact that the families can respond biased for their children and that the mother or father can take a role model according to the gender of the child reduces the quality of the studies. It remains unclear how and to what extent parents affect children's activity levels.

The aim of this study is to compare the physical activity level of children between 9-14 years of age, who have similar physical activity awareness, athletes and physiotherapist parents

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 9-14
• Being literate in Turkish
• Not having any physical disability preventing them from doing physical activities
• Attending physical education class regularly

Exclusion criteria

• Having a serious cognitive impairment
• Going to school on foot
• Physiotherapists to be selected for the physiotherapist group to work in the field of sports

Trial design

100 participants in 4 patient groups

Children whose parents are physiotherapists

Description:

The demographic data of the child and the parent whom he/she played a role in will be recorded. The physical activity habits of the child and the parent, the sports areas he/she is interested in and the level of activity will be questioned. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) and the Physical Activity Diary will be used to assess children's physical activity level. Parameters such as physical activity status, participation in a regular sports activity, daily average time spent with activity at school and during breaks, daily time allocated to the activity will be evaluated. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Physical Activity Diary will be used to evaluate the level of physical activity of the parents.

Children whose parents are athletes

Description:

The demographic data of the child and the parent whom he/she played a role in will be recorded. The physical activity habits of the child and the parent, the sports areas he/she is interested in and the level of activity will be questioned. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) and the Physical Activity Diary will be used to assess children's physical activity level. Parameters such as physical activity status, participation in a regular sports activity, daily average time spent with activity at school and during breaks, daily time allocated to the activity will be evaluated. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Physical Activity Diary will be used to evaluate the level of physical activity of the parents.

Parents of children who are atletes

Description:

The demographic data of the child and the parent whom he/she played a role in will be recorded. The physical activity habits of the child and the parent, the sports areas he/she is interested in and the level of activity will be questioned. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) and the Physical Activity Diary will be used to assess children's physical activity level. Parameters such as physical activity status, participation in a regular sports activity, daily average time spent with activity at school and during breaks, daily time allocated to the activity will be evaluated. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Physical Activity Diary will be used to evaluate the level of physical activity of the parents.

Parents of children who are physiotherapist

Description:

The demographic data of the child and the parent whom he/she played a role in will be recorded. The physical activity habits of the child and the parent, the sports areas he/she is interested in and the level of activity will be questioned. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) and the Physical Activity Diary will be used to assess children's physical activity level. Parameters such as physical activity status, participation in a regular sports activity, daily average time spent with activity at school and during breaks, daily time allocated to the activity will be evaluated. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Physical Activity Diary will be used to evaluate the level of physical activity of the parents.