REGULarity of Physical ActivitieS (REGUL'APS)

Physical Activity, Health-related Quality of Life and Corpulence Among French Schoolchildren

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01161212

Acronym

REGUL'APS

Enrollment

1600

Registered

2010-07-13

Start date

2005-09-30

Completion date

2006-09-30

Last updated

2010-07-26

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Conditions

Obesity, Overweight

Keywords

body mass index, health-related quality of life, physical education, children, cluster randomized controlled trial, prevention, Child, French, Schoolchildren

Brief summary

In French primary schools, children participate in 3 compulsory hours of physical education (PE) each week unless they have a medical contra-indication. But, there is no scientific evidence (randomized trial) that a weekly physical activity splitting up of these 3 hours of PE brings or not the same effects, particularly to prevent overweight or obesity. Regul'aps is a cluster randomized controlled trial which wants to evaluate whether splitting up the 3 hours into 3 or 4 sessions (vs. 1-2 sessions) of PE per week has an effect on speed of a BMI increase and on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over the school year. Study hypothesis: reduction of speed of increase of BMI and an increase of HRQoL

Interventions

OTHERPhysical education sessions

3(60 minutes each) or 4 (45 minutes each) short sessions of physical education (PE) sessions

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All teachers under the cover of the headmasters in charge of classes from grades 2 to 5 in 2 counties in the Lorraine region of France (Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges \[District of Golbey\]) * headmasters or teachers had to agree to modify the organisation of PE sessions

Exclusion criteria

* Classes composed only of 2d grade * Set schedule of physical educational sessions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference	September 2006 and June 2007	September 2006 : at the beginning of school year June 2007 : at the end of school year (31 weeks later)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Health-related quality of life	September 2006 and June 2007	September 2006 : at the beginning of school year June 2007 : at the end of school year (31 weeks later)

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026