Girls on the Move Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among Middle School Girls

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Conditions studied: Physical Activity

In brief

The purpose of this school-based trial is to test the efficacy of an intervention to increase moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among middle school girls. The 17-week "Girls on the Move" (GOTM) intervention has 3 components. Two individual-level components occurring during school hours include: (1) two face-to-face motivational, individually tailored counseling sessions with a school nurse, and (2) an interactive Internet-based session during which each girl receives motivational, individually tailored feedback messages (at 9 weeks). A group-level component, 90-minute Physical Activity (PA) Club provides an important venue after school that includes activities to assist girls in establishing a behavioral pattern of MVPA. The control condition will complete data collection activities and receive their usual school offerings. The investigators hypothesize that immediately post-intervention, minutes of MVPA will be greater by 16 min./wk. in the intervention than control group; At 9 months post-intervention follow-up, minutes of MVPA will be greater in the intervention than control group; and immediately post-intervention, cardiovascular (CV) fitness will be higher and body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat will be lower in the intervention than control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01503333

Run by

Michigan State University

People needed

1543

Starts

2011-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-21

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 14. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 5th- 6th- and 7th-grade girls (ages 9-14; 8th-graders if needed in middle schools having only 7th- and 8th- grades)
• Available and willing to participate in PA Club 3 days/wk. for 17wks.
• Available for follow-up (9 mos. after intervention ends)
• Agree to random assignment
• Able to read, understand, and speak English.

You may not qualify if…

• Involved in or planning to be involved in school or community sports or other organized PAs, such as dance lessons, that involve MVPA and require participation 3 or more days/wk. after school during every season of the school year
• A health condition precluding safe MVPA.

Where it is running

• Michigan State University — East Lansing, Michigan, United States

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