Action 3:30R: Results of a Cluster Randomised Feasibility Study of a Revised Teaching Assistant-Led Extracurricular Physical Activity Intervention for 8 to 10 Year Olds

Russell Jago, Byron Tibbitts, Emily Sanderson, Emma L. Bird, Alice Porter, Chris Metcalfe, Jane E. Powell, Darren Gillett and Simon J. Sebire
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Russell Jago: Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
Byron Tibbitts: Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
Emily Sanderson: Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, Bristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
Emma L. Bird: Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Alice Porter: Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
Chris Metcalfe: Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, Bristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
Jane E. Powell: Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Darren Gillett: Bristol City Council–Sport & Healthy Lifestyles Team, Healthy Lifestyles Healthy Place, Public Health City Hall, Bristol BS3 9FS, UK
Simon J. Sebire: Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Many children are not sufficiently physically active. We conducted a cluster-randomised feasibility trial of a revised after-school physical activity (PA) programme delivered by trained teaching assistants (TAs) to assess the potential evidence of promise for increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Participants ( n = 335) aged 8–10 years were recruited from 12 primary schools in South West England. Six schools were randomised to receive the intervention and six acted as non-intervention controls. In intervention schools, TAs were trained to deliver an after-school programme for 15 weeks. The difference in mean accelerometer-assessed MVPA between intervention and control schools was assessed at follow-up (T1). The cost of programme delivery was estimated. Two schools did not deliver the intervention, meaning four intervention and six control schools were analysed at T1. There was no evidence for a difference in MVPA at T1 between intervention and control groups. Programme delivery cost was estimated at £2.06 per pupil per session. Existing provision in the 12 schools cost £5.91 per pupil per session. Action 3:30 was feasible to deliver and considerably cheaper than existing after-school provision. No difference in weekday MVPA was observed at T1 between the two groups, thus progression to a full trial is not warranted.

Keywords: Keywords: physical activity; children; teaching assistants; intervention; feasibility; after-school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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