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Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2021

The effects of intervening with physical activity in the early years (ages 3-5) on health-related quality of life: a secondary analysis of the Activity Begins in Childhood (ABC) trial.

Taniya S Nagpal, Gary S Goldfield, Danilo F da Silva, Sara Souza, Patricia Burhunduli, Rebecca H Liu, Patti-Jean Naylor, Kristi B Adamo

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  4. Evaluation of Afterschool Activity Programs' (ASAP) Effect on Children's Physical Activity, Physical Health, and Fundamental Movement Skills.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Taniya S NagpalSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Ottawa, Lees Campus, E 250F, 200 Lees Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1928-1861
Gary S GoldfieldHealthy Active Living & Obesity (HALO) Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Danilo F da SilvaSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Ottawa, Lees Campus, E 250F, 200 Lees Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
Sara SouzaSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Ottawa, Lees Campus, E 250F, 200 Lees Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
Patricia BurhunduliDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Rebecca H LiuInstitute for Health System Solutions & Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Patti-Jean NaylorSchool of Exercise Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Kristi B AdamoSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Ottawa, Lees Campus, E 250F, 200 Lees Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. kristi.adamo@uottawa.ca.

Funding

Canadian Institute of Health Research MOP-123326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLimited research has measured the effect of physical activity (PA) interventions on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among pre-school-aged children. This study evaluates the effect of the Activity Begins in Childhood (ABC) cluster-randomized controlled trial designed to increase PA in the ages 3-5 years on HRQoL.

methodsThis was a cluster-randomized controlled trial where the intervention group included PA education delivered to daycare providers only, or daycare providers and parents. In the current study, the two PA intervention groups were combined. The comparator group received standard daycare curriculum (COM). A total of 215 children were included (PA n = 161, COM n = 54). Parents completed the proxy Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scale (PedsQL™ 4.0) to measure HRQoL at baseline and the end of the 6-month trial. HRQoL scores were analyzed as physical, psychosocial, and total domains. Baseline and 6-months measurements were compared for PA and COM groups, and mean changes in scores (95% confidence intervals) were measured using absolute values.

resultsNo between-group differences were observed for the physical (p = 0.17), psychosocial (p = 0.95) or total scores (p = 0.20). Paired comparisons showed that only the PA group improved psychosocial- (PA mean difference = 2.18 (0.20, 4.15), p = 0.03; COM mean difference = 2.05 (- 1.03, 5.13), p = 0.19) and total-HRQoL scores (PA mean difference = 2.83 (1.83, 3.84), p < 0.001; COM mean difference = 0.19 (- 1.78, 2.16), p = 0.84) after 6 months.

conclusionAlthough the within-PA group analysis showed an improvement in psychosocial and total HRQoL scores from baseline, no between-group differences were observed in the HRQoL over time among children aged 3-5 years.

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Child, PreschoolExerciseFemaleHumansMaleQuality of LifeDaycareEarly yearsHealth-related quality of lifePhysical activityRandomized controlled trial

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