Sportcheck Follow-Up

Sportcheck Follow-Up: Physical Fitness, Cardiovascular and Psychosocial Health in Primary School Childen

The study resembles a four-year follow-up on the influence of physical activity and fitness, blood pressure, BMI and stress on vascular health in primary schoolchildren. It examines the predictive value of retinal vessel diameters for the development of childhood hypertension.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases; Hypertension; Childhood Obesity
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No intervention

Detailed Description

The study aims to examine the usefulness of retinal vessel analysis in childhood cardiovascular prevention. It investigates the long-term influence of physical activity and fitness on retinal vessel diameters, blood pressure, BMI and psychosocial stress in children. The study aims to set new standards for an integrative primary prevention concept to initiate healthy ageing from childhood to adulthood.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 280

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Basel Stadt
    • Basel, Basel Stadt, Switzerland, 4052
      • Bereich Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin, Abteilung Präventive Sportmedizin & Systemphysiologie

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 10 years to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will be designed as a four-year follow-up of the 2014 Sportcheck. All first-graders of primary schools in the canton Basel-Stadt took part in measurements of height, body weight and physical fitness during physical education lesson. From the 1255 children, 540 (43%) were allowed by their parents to join additional measurements of blood pressure and retinal vessel diameters and filled in questionnaires. In the year 2018, all fifth-graders of Basel-Stadt will be invited to take part in the same measurements as in 2014. All children will again conduct physical fitness tests and measurements of height and body weight during physical education. All children with an informed consent will participate in the same medical tests that were performed four years previously.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All fifth-graders of public primary schools in Basel-Stadt with an informed consent signed by their parents are included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fifth-graders with motor-or other disabilities that do not allow participation will be excluded.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Retinal vessel diameter	To assess whether physical activity and fitness changes during the four-year follow-up influence retinal vessel diameters in children	Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Blood pressure	To assess whether physical activity and fitness changes during the four-year follow-up influence blood pressure in children	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Body mass index (BMI)	To assess whether physical activity and fitness changes during the four-year follow-up influence BMI in children	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Psychosocial stress exposure as assessed by the conflict subscale of the Family Environment Scale	To assess whether physical activity and fitness changes during the four-year follow-up influence psychosocial stress in children	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Health behavior as assessed by the HBSC Symptom Checklist	To assess whether health behavior has changed during the four-year follow-up	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Health-related quality of life as assessed by the KINDL-R questionnaire	To assess whether physical activity and fitness changes during the four-year follow-up influence health-related quality of life	Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Basel
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lukas Zahner, Prof. Dr., University of Basel; Principal Investigator: Henner Hanssen, Prof. Dr., University of Basel

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Lona G, Hauser C, Bade S, Kochli S, Infanger D, Endes K, Faude O, Hanssen H. Association of Parental Socioeconomic Status and Physical Activity with Development of Arterial Stiffness in Prepubertal Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 3;18(15):8227. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158227.
• Lona G, Hauser C, Kochli S, Infanger D, Endes K, Faude O, Hanssen H. Blood Pressure Increase and Microvascular Dysfunction Accelerate Arterial Stiffening in Children: Modulation by Physical Activity. Front Physiol. 2020 Dec 17;11:613003. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.613003. eCollection 2020.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 7, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 28, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): March 21, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 11, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 10, 2018
• Last Verified: October 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical activity; children; retinal vessels; psychosocial health
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases; Pediatric Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: EKNZ_258/12

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED