Preschoolers Learning and Active in PlaY (PLAY)

Seattle Children's Healthcare System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: PLAY Teachers; Behavioral: PLAY; Behavioral: PLAY Parents

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03279926

STUDY00000628

1R21CA218592-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall aim of this proposal is to develop and test early childhood education setting-based physical activity (PA) interventions that are innovative by using wearable technology to facilitate monitoring, feedback and motivation for physical activity across multiple levels (child, parent, educator). We posit that our intervention strategies will promote behavior changes in parents and educators, leading to greater awareness and communication about physical activity, more active play opportunities, and ultimately more physical activity for preschoolers. In the R21, we will test the acceptability, feasibility and initial efficacy of three 6 month early childhood education setting- based, multi-level interventions to promote preschoolers' PA using wearable technology and additional behavior change techniques to engage educators and parents. The results of this study will inform a larger intervention trial.

Enrollment: 181 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• attends preschool in a child care center participating in this study
• no physical/health restrictions on participating in physical activities

Exclusion criteria

• unable to participate in all physical activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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181 participants in 3 patient groups

PLAY

Experimental group

Description:

Preschoolers \& their teachers will get activity trackers and the child care program/providers will get some basic information on the use of the trackers and how to integrate their use in the curriculum. A PLAY Champion will be identified to help support PLAY related activities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PLAY

PLAY Parents

Experimental group

Description:

Everything in Arm 1 plus one parent per child will receive an activity tracker and will get reports to help with physical activity goal setting for the family.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PLAY

Behavioral: PLAY Parents

PLAY Teachers

Experimental group

Description:

Everything in Arm 1 plus an enhanced focus on teacher wellness, specifically with regard to active lifestyles for them.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PLAY Teachers

Behavioral: PLAY