Move it, Move ID! Promotion of Physical Activity in Adolescents With Intellectual Disability

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adolescents; Physical Activity; Health Promotion; Intellectual Disability

Treatments: Behavioral: theory-based mHealth-intervention (app)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05149443

FWO/11F3621N

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to develop and implement an mHealth intervention focusing on the promotion of physical activity in adolescents with intellectual disability.

Full description

Overweight and obesity are globally challenging health problems and major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Sufficient physical activity (PA) is an important protective factor in the development of overweight and obesity. Adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) report lower levels of PA and higher rates of overweight and obesity in comparison to adolescents without ID. There is a dire need to find ways to promote PA in adolescents with ID for their present and future health. However, while PA promotion in adolescents is a welldeveloped science, there is only a handful of studies dedicated to adolescents with ID. Consequently developing and designing PA promotion interventions specifically tailored to the needs of youth with ID is of the utmost importance. Currently, however, there is a real knowledge gap in terms of fundamental research on crucial intervention mechanisms to promote PA in adolescents with ID, as well as specific behaviour change theories adapted to this population. The aim of the current research project is to co-create and evaluate a theory-based mHealth intervention, which focuses on increasing PA for adolescents with ID.

The underlying framework within the intervention development is the Behaviour Change Wheel, together with a co-creation approach which is a bottom-up approach in which the target group (adolescents with ID in this case) is actively involved in the development of the intervention. The result of this approach is contextually appropriate intervention and intervention strategies.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents with mild ID
• Dutch speaking
• Having a smartphone or tablet (or being able to use a test smartphone from the research group)
• Having enough motor skills to engage in PA

Exclusion criteria

• Adolescents with moderate, severe or profound ID

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Effectiveness of the Move it, Move ID app

Experimental group

Description:

All participants will receive the Move it, Move ID app.

Treatment:

Behavioral: theory-based mHealth-intervention (app)

Behavioral: theory-based mHealth-intervention (app)