Protocol for a Natural-Based Intervention to Promote Quality of Life and Healthy Habits on Children and Adolescents.

Universidad de Extremadura

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Life Style, Healthy; Life Style Modification; Life Quality; Physical Activities

Treatments: Other: Analogic information; Other: Physical literacy and life satisfaction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07080541

139//2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

In current society, physical activity practices show a decreasing trend, together with a low perception of life quality. In addition, urban overcrowding has led to disconnection from the natural environment, causing the benefits that this context offers to be lost, especially for children and adolescents. Physical literacy is an approach to physical activity that encompasses more than just individual physical skills. It emphasises the importance of performing physical activity on a regular basis as part of daily life, encompassing bodily expression and understanding, as well as self-confidence and motivation, making it a factor that contributes to quality of life. Although research shows a correlation between physical literacy and life satisfaction, there is no research on other variables, such as the impact of green spaces in this correlation. This study aimed to present the rationale and methods of a randomized controlled trial in green spaces for children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 to evaluate the efficacy of a nature-based intervention designed to promote healthy habits through physical literacy and quality of life through life satisfaction. The statistical techniques applied will include a comprehensive method encompassing sociodemographic information, physical activity levels, perceptions of physical literacy, and life satisfaction. The camp shifts were randomly distributed, with half in the control group and the other half in the experimental group . Two measures of physical literacy and life satisfaction were measured: one at the beginning of the camp and one on the day of completion. The intervention included 24 sessions of adventure activities carried out in a natural environment, and the values obtained for both variables were collected using two questionnaires validated for these age groups. This intervention is expected to improve levels of physical literacy and perceived life satisfaction by providing valuable

Enrollment: 728 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parental consent
• Participation on summer camps

Exclusion criteria

• Older than 18 years
• Not having parental consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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728 participants in 3 patient groups

Physical literacy information

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the technology experimental group received physical literacy and life satisfaction information prior to the adventure activities via social media.

Treatment:

Other: Physical literacy and life satisfaction

Analogic information

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the analogic experimental group received physical literacy and life satisfaction information prior to the adventure activities using paper sheets.

Treatment:

Other: Analogic information

Participants physical activity intervention (no information)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the analogic experimental group received physical literacy and life satisfaction information prior to the adventure activities using paper sheets.