Taniya S Nagpal1, Gary S Goldfield2, Danilo F da Silva1, Sara Souza1, Patricia Burhunduli3, Rebecca H Liu4, Patti-Jean Naylor5, Kristi B Adamo6. 1. School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Ottawa, Lees Campus, E 250F, 200 Lees Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. 2. Healthy Active Living & Obesity (HALO) Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. 3. Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. 4. Institute for Health System Solutions & Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 5. School of Exercise Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada. 6. School 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.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Limited 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. METHODS: This 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. RESULTS: No 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. CONCLUSION: Although 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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PURPOSE: Limited 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. METHODS: This 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. RESULTS: No 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. CONCLUSION: Although 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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Keywords:
Daycare; Early years; Health-related quality of life; Physical activity; Randomized controlled trial
Authors: Mitchell Crozier; Niko S Wasenius; Kathryn M Denize; Danilo F da Silva; Taniya S Nagpal; Kristi B Adamo Journal: Health Educ Behav Date: 2021-10-04