Trial reportBMC public health2016
Improving the well-being of children and youths: a randomized multicomponent, school-based, physical activity intervention.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of the Implementation and Effectiveness of 'The Daily Mile' on Markers of Children's Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- A research synthesis on successful educational practices and student outcomes for physical education in schools.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Psychological Wellbeing in Physical Education and School Sports: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Prescription-based health education integrating functional movement screening: a controlled trial in Chinese university students.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- What happened in the 'Move for Well-being in School': a process evaluation of a cluster randomized physical activity intervention using the RE-AIM framework.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Trial
- A school-based physical activity promotion intervention in children: rationale and study protocol for the PREVIENE Project.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Physical Activity Before, During, and After the School Day and Its Impact on Positive Psychological Variables: A Systematic Review and Practical Guide.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Knowledge-driven or motivation-driven? Validation and comparison of health participation pathways across different elementary grade levels.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Redevelopment and examination of the psychometric properties of school physical activity environment in Chinese.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2025Article
- Resilience and adaptations-insights from Norwegian adolescents with pediatric-onset spinal cord injury.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Special Issue "Sports Science in Children".Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- How physical activity opportunities seized by adolescents differ between Europe and the Pacific Islands: the example of France and New Caledonia.Open research Europe · 2024Article
- Health and Academic Performance With Happy Children: A Controlled Longitudinal Study Based on the HOPP Project.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Implementation facilitation of the "11 for Health in Denmark": A case study in a Danish 5Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2022Article
- Project SUMS (scaling up of mental health in schools): design and methods for a pragmatic, cluster randomised waitlist-controlled trial on integrated school mental health intervention for adolescents.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Does Vigorous Physical Activity Contribute to Adolescent Life Satisfaction?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Tracking Children's Physical Activity Patterns across the School Year: A Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Case Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe benefits of physical activity for the mental health and well-being of children and young people are well-established. Increased physical activity during school hours is associated with better physical, psychological and social health and well-being. Unfortunately many children and young people exercise insufficiently to benefit from positive factors like well-being. The main aim of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate a multi-component, school-based, physical activity intervention to improve psychosocial well-being among school-aged children and youths from the 4
methodsA four-phased intervention - design, pilot, RCT, evaluation - is carried out for the development, implementation and evaluation of the intervention which are guided by The Medical Research Council framework for the development of complex interventions. 24 schools have been randomized and the total study population consists of 3124 children (baseline), who are followed over a period of 9 months. Outcome measure data at the pupil level are collected using an online questionnaire at baseline and at follow-up, 9 months later with instruments for measuring primary (general physical self-worth) and secondary outcomes (self-perceived sport competences, body attractiveness, scholastic competences, social competences and global self-worth; enjoyment of PA; self-efficacy; and general well-being) that are both valid and manageable in setting-based research. The RE-AIM framework is applied as an overall instrument to guide the evaluation. DISCUSSION: The intervention focuses on the mental benefits of physical activity at school, which has been a rather neglected theme in health promotion research during recent decades. This is unfortunate as mental health has been proclaimed as one of the most important health concerns of the 21
trial registrationDate of registration: 24 April 2015 retrospectively registered at Current Controlled Trials with study ID ISRCTN12496336.
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