Psychomotor Performance
Conditions
Interventions
This is a cluster controlled clinical trial. Involving two public schools in the state of São Paulo, a control group: 50 children of pre-school age from 4 to 6 years who will be evaluated pre, will fo
N02.421.143.130.320
F01.145.632
Sponsors
Departamento de Ciências do Movimento Humano
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
4 Years to 6 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children aged 4 to 6 years old can participate in the Animal Fun programme; enrolled; signed informed consent form (TCLE) and assent form (TELE).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: not being able to perform the Movement Battery Assessment for Children (MABC-2).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the effect of the Animal Fun intervention programme on children's motor performance through the method of the Movement Evaluation Battery for Children aged 3 to 6 years. This evaluation test for skills contains eight tasks, described as follows: three of manual dexterity manual dexterity, two of ball skills (aiming and receiving), and three balance measures. The children will receive scores that will be converted into percentiles, classifying according to the degree of difficulty. Therefore, scores less than or equal to the 5th percentile, present motor motor difficulty, between the 6th and 15th percentile are considered risk of difficulty and above the 16th percentile are considered in the range of typical development.;To evaluate the effect of the Animal Fun intervention program on psychosocial performance through the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), applied to parents and teachers of children aged 4 to 16 years. The questionnaire has 25 items (5 about social skills and 20 about difficulties), divided into five clinical scales: problems in pro-social behavior, hyperactivity, emotional, conduct and relationship problems. Thus, scores are assigned in which the total sum of the SDQ, allows researchers to classify children into three categories: normal development (ND), borderline (LD) or abnormal development (AD). ;Verify the socioeconomic profile of the child's families through the Brazil Economic Classification Criteria Questionnaire (CCEB), which has criteria about the social and household environment to establish the economic classes in Brazil. has eight variables such as number of: bathrooms domestic servants, automobiles, microcomputer, dishwasher, refrigerator, freezer, washing machine microwave oven, motorbike and clothes dryer, each variable receives a score depending on the Each variable receives a score depending on the quantity, varying from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 or+. There is the level of education of the head of the household, with | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactThailane Mendes
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed