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The Savior's Sandals curricular and pedometer program for increasing step counts in Catholic middle school students during Lent

Effects of a faith-based pedometer intervention on physical activity in parochial middle school students: The Physical Activity for Lent (PAL) Program

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN10273669
Enrollment
202
Registered
2018-10-23
Start date
2017-01-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-04

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Conditions

Physical activity during the school day Not Applicable

Interventions

Intervention consists of material workbook, which includes 12-page workbook (The Savior's Sandals) by which participants trace their own step counts to the geographical path Jesus Christ took from bir
historical/current visual images of the location
and facts about its history and present day. Participants are each given a workbook and work through it at their own pace with the goal to finish the virtual journey (i.e., accumulated steps count tow

Sponsors

San Diego State University - Division of Research Affairs
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Ambulatory 2. Enrolled in any grade 6-8 (middle school in the USA)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-ambulatory or limited ambulatory during a portion or all of the 6-week study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pedometer-measured step count (physical activity) - steps measured daily during the school week over 6 weeks.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Religiosity measured using the Short-Francis Attitudes toward Christianity Survey (SFACS; Cogollo, Gómez-Bustamante, Herazo, & Campo-Arias, 2012). 2. Enjoyment of physical activity while at school measured using the shortened Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (S-PACES; Paxton, et al., 2008). 3. Motivation for physical activity for participating in the Physical Activity for Lent program measured using the Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS; Guay, Vallerand, & Blanchard, 2000). Questionnaires containing these items were administered before commencement of wearing pedometers (27/02/2017) and conducted once more on school days after the Easter holiday (16/04/2017)

Countries

United States of America

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026