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NCT Number: NCT01939405

Children's Use of the Built Environment for Physical Activity

The study aims are to develop and test the feasibility of a pediatric physical activity intervention that incorporates personal information on use of the built environment, and test the intervention's preliminary efficacy at increasing physical activity. The investigators hypothesize that it will be feasible to incorporate and measure changes in empiric GIS (geographic information system), GPS (global positioning system), and accelerometer feedback in the office setting as demonstrated by: i) Completeness of GPS and accelerometer data collection (primary measure of feasibility), ii) Participation rates among adolescents in the intervention group compared to the control group, and iii) Acceptability to patients as measured by adolescent satisfaction.

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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Behavior Body Weight Motor Activity Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

10 year–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Massachusetts General Hospital Revere HealthCare Center

Revere, Massachusetts, 02151, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adolescents ages 10-16 years
  • BMI > 85th percentile for age and sex

Exclusion criteria

  • Physical conditions impairing ambulation
  • Adolescents who do not speak English
  • Adolescents who have missed more than 2 scheduled doctor's appointments during the past 5 years
  • Adolescents who are receiving any other form of physical activity counseling/intervention at the time of enrollment

Treatment and study plan

built environment use counseling

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)

    Time frame: Immediately post-intervention

    Short-term change in MVPA from baseline to post-intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)

    Time frame: 4 months from baseline

    Longer term change in MVPA from baseline to 3-4 months post intervention

  2. Sedentary Time

    Time frame: Immediately post-intervention

    Short-term change in sedentary (non-active) time from baseline to post-intervention, objectively measured using accelerometers

  3. Sedentary Time

    Time frame: 4 months from baseline

    Longer-term change in sedentary (non-active) time from baseline to 3-4 months post-intervention, objectively measured using accelerometers.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Registry information

Official study title

Use of the Built Environment to Promote Physical Activity in Children.

Acronym: CUBES

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Sep 11, 2013
Registry last updated
Oct 2, 2017

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