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ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2017

Action 3:30R: protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility study of a revised teaching assistant-led extracurricular physical activity intervention for 8- to 10-year-olds.

Byron Tibbitts, Alice Porter, Simon J Sebire, Chris Metcalfe, Emma Bird, Jane Powell, Russell Jago

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Byron TibbittsCentre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TZ UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5818-7080
Alice PorterCentre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TZ UK.
Simon J SebireCentre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TZ UK.
Chris MetcalfeBristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Emma BirdHealth and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Jane PowellHealth and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Russell JagoCentre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TZ UK.

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Department of Health PHR/15/55/09Medical Research Council MR/K023233/1Medical Research Council MR/K025643/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApproximately half of 7-year-old children do not meet physical activity (PA) recommendations. Interventions targeting primary school children's afterschool discretionary time could increase PA. Teaching assistants (TAs) are a school resource and could be trained to deliver after-school PA programmes. Building on earlier work, this paper describes the protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility study of a teaching assistant-led after-school intervention aimed at increasing PA levels of year 4 and 5 children (8-10 years old).

methodsPhase 1-pre-baseline: 12 schools will be recruited. In all schools, self-reported PA will be measured in all consenting year 3 and 4 children. In four schools, pupils will additionally wear a waist-worn Actigraph accelerometer for 7 days.Phase 2-baseline: schools will be randomised to one of two enhanced recruitment strategies being tested for children: (1) a club briefing and (2) the briefing plus a taster Action 3:30 session. Up to 30 children per school will be able to attend Action 3:30 sessions and will provide baseline data on height, weight, psychosocial variables and accelerometer-measured PA.Phase 3-intervention and follow-up: Schools randomised into intervention or control arm. Intervention schools ( DISCUSSION: The Action 3:30 cluster randomised feasibility trial will assess the public health potential of this intervention approach and provide the information necessary to progress to a definitive cluster randomised controlled trial.

trial registrationISRCTN34001941. Registered 01/12/2016.

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ChildrenFeasibility trialInterventionPhysical activityTeaching assistant

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PMCPMC5719560

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