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Trial reportPloS one2015

Evaluation of the UP4FUN intervention: a cluster randomized trial to reduce and break up sitting time in European 10-12-year-old children.

Frøydis N Vik, Nanna Lien, Sveinung Berntsen, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Monika Grillenberger, Yannis Manios, Eva Kovacs, Mai J M Chinapaw, Johannes Brug, Elling Bere

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Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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  6. Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children's screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021
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  16. Validity of Items Assessing Self-Reported Number of Breaks in Sitting Time among Children and Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Frøydis N VikDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
Nanna LienDepartment of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Sveinung BerntsenDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
Ilse De BourdeaudhuijDepartment of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Monika GrillenbergerDepartment of Nutritional Behaviour, Max Rubner-Institute, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Yannis ManiosDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.
Eva KovacsDepartment of Pediatrics, Pecs University, Pecs, Hungary.
Mai J M ChinapawDepartment of Public and Occupational Health and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Johannes BrugDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Elling BereDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe UP4FUN intervention is a family-involved school-based intervention aiming at reducing and breaking up sitting time at home (with special emphasis on screen time), and breaking up sitting time in school among 10-12 year olds in Europe. The purpose of the present paper was to evaluate its short term effects. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsA total of 3147 pupils from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary and Norway participated in a school-randomized controlled trial. The intervention included 1-2 school lessons per week for a period of six weeks, along with assignments for the children and their parents. Screen time and breaking up sitting time were registered by self-report and total sedentary time and breaking up sitting time by accelerometry. The effect of the intervention on these behaviors was evaluated by multilevel regression analyses. All analyses were adjusted for baseline values and gender. Significance level was p≤0.01. No significant intervention effects were observed, neither for self-reported TV/DVD or computer/game console time, nor for accelerometer-assessed total sedentary time and number of breaks in sitting time. The intervention group, however, reported more positive attitudes towards (β = 0.25 (95% CI 0.11, 0.38)) and preferences/liking for (β = 0.20 (95% CI 0.08, 0.32)) breaking up sitting time than the control group. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: No significant intervention effect on self-reported screen time or accelerometer-assessed sedentary time or breaks in sitting time was observed, but positive effects on beliefs regarding breaking up sitting time were found in favor of the intervention group. Overall, these results do not warrant wider dissemination of the present UP4FUN intervention.

trial registrationInternational Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number Registry ISRCTN34562078.

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