Can a school environment that encourages physical movements effect academic results and health?

Active and Participating by Innovative Classrooms – a pseudo-experimental study of learning abilities, health, peer involvements and academic self-reflection.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN29640851

Enrollment

Registered

2019-05-07

Start date

2019-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-12-27

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Conditions

General health Not Applicable

Interventions

The current study is planned for three phases that will be conducted over 12 months in total.Phase 1 involves establishing which equipment that are available for new and improved classrooms. Phase 2 i

he is the study-manager. Application for ethical approve is requested from the ministry of ethical applications. The intervention encompasses activity breaks in English- and Mathematic lectures in a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Student 2. Aged 16-17 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To be measured at baseline, before summer leave and at the end of 2019: 1. Demographic questions of age, gender, origin, living conditions, sports activities and time assessment of activity, parental education and occupations, transportation and distance to school. 2. Academic achievements of English and mathematics. 3. Mental health will be measured by “Youth Self Report” (YSR), (Achenbach, 2001) a 112 items questionnaire with three answering statements “not true”, “somewhat or sometimes true” and “very true or often true”. 4. The social climate of the classes is measured by the “What Happen in My Class –questionnaire” (WHMC) that measure Student cohesiveness, Involvement and Cooperation in a two dimensions, one actual and one preferred. 5. Physical activity is measured by accelerometers attached to the student’s body for one week, three times during the study. The starting day for each measurement is the day of the questionnaires. Three complement questions address students self-report of leisure time physical activities (The National Board of Health and Welfare, 2011).	—

Measure

Time frame

To be measured at baseline, before summer leave and at the end of 2019: 1. Demographic questions of age, gender, origin, living conditions, sports activities and time assessment of activity, parental education and occupations, transportation and distance to school. 2. Academic achievements of English and mathematics. 3. Mental health will be measured by “Youth Self Report” (YSR), (Achenbach, 2001) a 112 items questionnaire with three answering statements “not true”, “somewhat or sometimes true” and “very true or often true”. 4. The social climate of the classes is measured by the “What Happen in My Class –questionnaire” (WHMC) that measure Student cohesiveness, Involvement and Cooperation in a two dimensions, one actual and one preferred. 5. Physical activity is measured by accelerometers attached to the student’s body for one week, three times during the study. The starting day for each measurement is the day of the questionnaires. Three complement questions address students self-report of leisure time physical activities (The National Board of Health and Welfare, 2011).

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Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Public ContactJohannes Skog

johannes.skog@falun.se+46 23-87743

Outcome results

None listed

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