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

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

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON46411

Enrollment

825

Registered

2018-08-30

Start date

2018-09-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-08-12

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Conditions

anxiety symptoms depression symptoms

Interventions

The control group will receive the regular PE lessons. For the intervention group an increase of moderate to intensive activities take place in the adjusted PE lessons, the students also have to per

Eligibility

Age

12 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: age 13-15 years old, written informed consent (both from individual as parent/caregiver)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participant who cannot participate in regular PE lessons due to limitations

Design outcomes

Primary

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

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The secondary outcome measures are implementation measures, physical fitness and BMI. Finally, school absence and switching of educational level will be measured.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)