Examining the Impact of Behavior Change Intervention

Inonu University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Physical Inactivity; Health Behavior; Behavior, Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical activity behavior change program implemented with 5A model

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06408844

Inonu-FTR-MHK-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The health-related benefits of physical activity are well established for all age groups. It also has positive effects on memory, executive function and school performance in children and adolescents. However, it is known that 81% of individuals between the ages of 11-17 live a life that is not physically active enough. The World Health Organization recommends interventions to increase physical activity. In this study, 48 students from 5th, 6th and 7th grades will be selected from randomly selected secondary schools in Karaman central district and will be divided into experimental and control groups. In this randomized controlled study, behavior change intervention with the 5A model will be applied to the experimental group, and no intervention will be applied to the control group. Physical activity levels, physical and psychosocial health of children in both groups will be evaluated at the beginning of the intervention, at Week 8 and at Week 28. Physical activity diary, "Physical activity scale for 4-8 Grades" scale will be used to measure children's physical activity levels. For their physical health, body composition, strength, flexibility and functional capacity will be evaluated. Quality of life with the "Pediatric Quality of Life 4.0 Inventory" for psychosocial health; Cognitive functions will be evaluated with "CNS Vital Signs Cognitive Performance and Attention Tests". This study aims to evaluate the sustainability effect of the 5A intervention on physical activity and its impact on physical health and psychosocial health.

Full description

Behavioral interventions for health promotion are widely used for preventive health practices. There are many studies on topics such as smoking, diet, obesity and oral care. However, we see that studies improving physical activity behavior in children are limited. Considering that physical activity is an important health-related behavior that should be acquired from childhood, we predict that studies on this subject will have an important place in the literature. In addition, it is stated in the guidelines that while the effect of physical activity behavior on health-related parameters in children is clear, more evidence is still needed on its effect on cognitive functions. With our study, we aim to examine the sustainability, physical and psychosocial effects of developing physical activity behavior in children using the 5A model and contribute to the literature.

Enrollment: 48 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a middle school student
• Being between the ages of 10-12
• Getting <3.16 points from the "Physical activity scale for grades 4-8"

Exclusion criteria

• Having a condition where exercise is contraindicated
• Families or children do not give consent to participate in the study.
• Having a psychosocial problem that prevents adaptation to work

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Training to improve physical activity behavior will be given to the experimental group for 8 weeks, based on the 5A model.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical activity behavior change program implemented with 5A model

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not receive any intervention and will be asked to continue their routine lives.