Home-Based Exergaming Intervention
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Physical Activity, Health-related Fitness, Cognition, Screen Time
In brief
This study will employ a 3-arm randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of a 6-month home-based exergaming intervention on preschoolers' physical activity, health-related fitness, cognition, and screen time, across time, at 3, 6 and 12 months, and as an exploratory outcome, will explore the moderating effects of parent involvement and physical home environment on the intervention role of exergaming across time. Briefly, a total of 330 child-parent dyads from the Twin Cities area in Minnesota will be individually randomly assigned to: 1) an exergaming intervention group (30 min. per session, 5 sessions exergaming play per week for a 6-month period); 2) a traditional PA group (phone consultations and workshops for parents to offer 5 times 30 min. PA at home for 6 months); and 3) an attention control group (continue with usual activities at home with emailed PA tips).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04540523
- Run by
- University of Minnesota
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2020-09-08
- Expected to finish
- 2025-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-03-17
Who can join
Age: 4 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- response to an advertisement for the study;
- has only one child aged 4-5 years old in the family;
- speaks English;
- family with income within 185% of the Federal Poverty Guideline Levels determined by parents' self-report;
- has a TV with HDMI port or VGA port or video port at home
- the child has no medical conditions or physical disabilities that prohibit engagement in PA;
- physically inactive child who does not meet 120 min. PA per day;
- parental agreement to participating in the home visits and evaluations;
- lives within 20 miles of the UMN;
- family willingness to commit to 6 months of intervention and 6 months of follow-up;
- not moving out of area for the next 12 months.
You may not qualify if…
- children/parents from families that already own exergame(s) as these children tend to possess high experience levels with exergaming play;
- child who are physically active for more than recommended 180 min. PA per day as reported by parents.
Where it is running
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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