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Increasing adolescents cognitive functioning through physical education

Increasing adolescents executive functioning, mental health and academic achievement through physical education

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON23906
Enrollment
600
Registered
2018-03-12
Start date
2018-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

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Conditions

cognition, mental health, academic performance, physical activity, adolescents

Interventions

The control group will receive regular PE lessons and the intervention group will receive more intensive and cognitively demanding PE lessons. Both groups will receive two one-hour sessions of PE as p

Sponsors

University Medical Center Groningen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adolescents following secondary education and are in grade 8 (junior secondary vocational education (‘VMBO’), senior general secondary education (‘HAVO’), and pre-university education (‘VWO)) aged between 13 and 15 years written informed consent (both from individual as parent/caregiver)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Adolescent who are physical disabled and cannot participate in the intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome measures of the present study are: executive functioning (inhibition and working memory), mental health (depression and anxiety symptoms, ADHD-symptoms and self-concept) and academic achievement (spelling and mathematics).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary outcome measures are implementation measures, physical fitness, school absence and switching of educational level. Covariates: body weight, length, maturation level, sport participation and social economical status.

Contacts

Public ContactE. Hartman

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

e.hartman@umcg.nl0503616052

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)