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Effects of the Animal Fun Program on movement and psychosocial performance in children aged between 4 and 6 years

Effects of the Animal Fun Program on motor and psychosocial performance in children aged between 4 and 6 years

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-104xsgky
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2022-11-16
Start date
2023-01-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Psychomotor Performance

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
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Collaborator

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

MeasureTime 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

MeasureTime frame
No secondary outcomes expected

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactThailane Mendes

Universidade Federal de São Paulo

thaifiuza13@gmail.com+55 13 3512-2700

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)