Evaluation of the BOKS Before-school Physical Activity Program

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fitness; Physical Activity; Overweight and Obesity; Affect

Treatments: Behavioral: BOKS: 3 day a week before-school physical activity program; Behavioral: BOKS: 2 day a week before-school physical activity program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03190135

2017P000177

Details and patient eligibility

About

BOKS, Build Our Kids' Success, is a before-school physical activity program that has been implemented in over 2,000 elementary and middle schools. Students participate in the program for 12 weeks, two or three mornings per week for about 1 hour per session. This study if a non-randomized control trial seeking to 1) examine the extent to which participation in the before-school BOKS program improves, health, well-being, and performance, and 2) compare the results of a two-day-per-week versus a three-day-per-week program.

Enrollment: 1,250 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participating school
• Child age 5-14 years

Exclusion criteria

• No valid parental consent
• Missing group assignment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,250 participants in 3 patient groups

BOKS: 2 day per week

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: BOKS: 2 day a week before-school physical activity program

BOKS: 3 day per week

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: BOKS: 3 day a week before-school physical activity program

Non-BOKS

No Intervention group