Parents and Children Active Together Study
ConditionPhysical Activity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age3-5
SponsorUniversity of Victoria
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to examine physical activity habit formation in parents and if this can increase moderate to vigorous physical activity behavior in their children over six months.The Primary Research Question is:
Does the habit formation condition result in increased moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity of the child compared to the control (education) and education + planning conditions at six months? Hypothesis: Child physical activity will be higher for the habit formation condition in comparison to the more standard physical activity education and planning conditions at six months.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 3 and 5 years. Families will reside in greater Victoria, British Columbia. Parents can be single parents or co-parents (i.e. we only require one parent and one child to participate). Families will be included if they have at least one parent who will participate and one child between the ages of 3 and 5 who is not meeting current physical activity guidelines (>=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity. There will be no delimitations to the sample based on socio-economic or ethnic variables.
Disqualifiers
Exclusion Criteria: If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines >=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Habit formation intervention
- Physical activity planning intervention
Treatment groups
240 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Victoria
Lead sponsor
Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
Collaborator
University of British Columbia
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov