'Pre-schoolers in the Playground' (PiP) - physical activity for children aged 18 months to 4 years old

Conditions

Childhood obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Collings PJ, Dogra SA, Costa S, Bingham DD, Barber SE.

2020-01-2814 citations

Assessing the feasibility of evaluating and delivering a physical activity intervention for pre-school children: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Sally Barber, Cath Jackson, Catherine Hewitt, Hannah Ainsworth, Hannah Buckley et al. (15 authors)

Pilot and Feasibility Studies2016-02-1831 citations

10.1186/s40814-016-0052-4

Preschoolers in the Playground: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years

Sally Barber, Shaheen Akhtar, Cath Jackson, Daniel D. Bingham, Catherine Hewitt et al. (14 authors)

Public Health Research2015-05-0115 citations

10.3310/phr03050

"Pre-schoolers in the playground" an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Barber SE, Jackson C, Akhtar S, Bingham DD, Ainsworth H, Hewitt C, Richardson G, Summerbell CD, Pickett KE, Moore HJ, Routen AC, O'Malley CL, Brierley S, Wright J.

2013-10-098 citations

10.1186/1745-6215-14-326

Interventions

The intervention will include the introduction of organised and supported phyiscal activity sessions in playgrounds, followed by access to the playgrounds and play equipment unsupported up to 52 weeks

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged 18 months to 4 years of age not in school

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Children aged less than 18 months of age and those children aged 4 years and over 2. Enrolled into school

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Increased levels of physical activity in preschoolers 2. Improved wellbeing and self efficacy for adults attending the intervention with the preschoolers	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1.Child health related quality of life (PedsQL) as well as anthropmetric measurements from the children 2. Parent health-related quality of life (EQ5D) 3. Self-efficacy (GSES) 4. Wellbeing (ComQol-A5)	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed