Children's Use of the Built Environment for Physical Activity

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight

In brief

The study aims are to develop and test the feasibility of a pediatric physical activity intervention that incorporates personal information on use of the built environment, and test the intervention's preliminary efficacy at increasing physical activity. The investigators hypothesize that it will be feasible to incorporate and measure changes in empiric GIS (geographic information system), GPS (global positioning system), and accelerometer feedback in the office setting as demonstrated by: i) Completeness of GPS and accelerometer data collection (primary measure of feasibility), ii) Participation rates among adolescents in the intervention group compared to the control group, and iii) Acceptability to patients as measured by adolescent satisfaction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01939405

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

60

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-02

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adolescents ages 10-16 years
• BMI > 85th percentile for age and sex

You may not qualify if…

• Physical conditions impairing ambulation
• Adolescents who do not speak English
• Adolescents who have missed more than 2 scheduled doctor's appointments during the past 5 years
• Adolescents who are receiving any other form of physical activity counseling/intervention at the time of enrollment

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital Revere HealthCare Center — Revere, Massachusetts, United States

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