Lifestyle habits among families in socioeconomically disadvantaged settings. Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The study was designed as a controlled pilot study. All children in grade two (8-9 years), their siblings and their parents living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged municipality outside Stockholm w
Sponsors
Karolinska Institutet
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Families with children in grade two (8-9 years) from two schools that had accepted an intervention to take part in the programme (intervention group) and families from two similar schools in the same area that had not yet implemented the programme (control group)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: If anyone in the family had already participated in the programme in an earlier school year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical activity measured with accelerometers (GT3X+, Actigragh, LCC, Pensacola, USA) for seven consecutive days. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measurements in the children, their siblings and their parents have been carried out by trained research assistants. 1. Sedentary time measured with accelerometers (GT3X+, Actigraph, LCC, Pensacola, USA) for seven consecutive days 2. Physical activity habits and sedentary behaviour measured with a questionnaire 3. Height, weight, sagittal abdominal height, waist circumference and blood pressure measurements measured according to standardised procedures 4. Body composition measured with bioelectric impedance 5. Muscular strength measured with a maximal step-up test 6. Cardiorespiratory fitness measured with a step-up test (KPR-test). 7. Cardiovascular/metabolic risk factors; insulin, glucose, cholesterol, CRP and liver enzymes (ALAT/ASAT) measured in blood 8. Health related quality of life measured in children and their siblings (the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0) and their parents (the Gothenburg Quality of Life Instrument) 9. Fidelity to the intervention measured by documenting the families’ participation in the programme 10. Psychosocial health and well-being explored by individual interviews with the parents and the children 11. Experiences of the programme explored by focus groups with the parents and the children 12. Facilitating factors for the participating families to continue being physically active after the intervention studied in the families by a questionnaire and by focus groups and individual interviews | — |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed