Gamified Fitness Training to Promote Children's Physical Activity

The Effectiveness of Gamified Fitness Training Integrated Into Health Education to Promote Children's Physical Activity

The study aimed to introduce gamified physical fitness training in health education with the goal of enhancing physical activity levels and assessing its feasibility within a small-scale context involving 11-12-year-old children.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Physical Activity Levels
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: physical fitness training

Detailed Description

A cluster experimental design was conducted in a small-scale context of school children. Participants were recruited by inviting two elementary schools located in the same district area for testing the physical fitness training effects. Two schools were randomly assigned to either the training group (TG; n = 47) receiving physical fitness training or the control group (CG; n = 44) without the training. Through a three-step process, gamified physical fitness training was developed by a multidisciplinary team from the TG school. PA outcome indicators were assessed using AI-wireless sensors attached to participants' wrists over 12 weeks. Participants' satisfaction was used to assess the feasibility of implementing gamified physical fitness training in health education classes. Data collection occurred during school days for one week at three-time points: the first week (T1), 6th week (T2), and the 12th week (T3). Generalized estimating equation statistics were used to assess the program effects.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 91
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Tainan, Taiwan, 701
    • Chi-Jane Wang

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• school children in 5th grade

Exclusion Criteria:

• physical deformity, mental disability, limited higher density physical activity such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, and bone fracture.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: physical fitness training; The training group received physical fitness training for 12 weeks	Other: physical fitness training; Through a three-step process, gamified physical fitness training was developed by a multidisciplinary team.
No Intervention: No training group; The no training group did not receive any training program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
physical activity levels	PA levels were measured in minutes spent on daily steps, total physical activity (TPA), light physical activity (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and daily step counts using AI-wireless sensors attached to participants' wrists.	week 0
Learning Self-Efficacy	Learning Self-Efficacy Scale (LSES) contains 18 items scored on a 5-point Likert scale with 4 items reversely scored. The total score of LSES ranges from -6 to 66, with higher scores reflecting higher LSE.	week 0
physical activity levels	PA levels were measured in minutes spent on daily steps, total physical activity (TPA), light physical activity (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and daily step counts using AI-wireless sensors attached to participants' wrists.	week 6
physical activity levels	PA levels were measured in minutes spent on daily steps, total physical activity (TPA), light physical activity (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and daily step counts using AI-wireless sensors attached to participants' wrists.	week 12
Learning Self-Efficacy	Learning Self-Efficacy Scale (LSES) contains 18 items scored on a 5-point Likert scale with 4 items reversely scored. The total score of LSES ranges from -6 to 66, with higher scores reflecting higher LSE.	week 12

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satisfaction levels	For the satisfaction of the PA program, the evaluation was conducted at the 12-week, encompassing five aspects: the integration of physical training into the HE classes, the content of the physical training, the application of gamification strategies in training, the active play during class breaks, and the effectiveness of GHPT in improving PA. Responses to levels of satisfaction with the training program were assessed across five categories: very satisfied, satisfied, OK, dissatisfied, and extremely dissatisfied.	Week 12

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chi-Jane Wang
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Chi-Jane Wang, Ph.D., Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 14, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 15, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): December 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 31, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 31, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 7, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 31, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: A-ER-106-441

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No