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PLAYshop Program for Child Development

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Led By Ryan Rhodes, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Alberta

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up at study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop.

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial looks at a program to help lower socioeconomic families get their children more active. The program is focused on helping parents support their children's physical literacy development.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for parents of children aged 3-5 living in Alberta and British Columbia who are below a certain income level. Participants must be comfortable with English, Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin, or Cantonese and have internet access to join workshops and complete questionnaires.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The PLAYshop program aims to improve the physical literacy of preschool-aged children by increasing their parents' ability, opportunity, and motivation. The study compares the effectiveness of this program against usual practices among families with lower socioeconomic status.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since PLAYshop is an educational intervention focusing on improving physical literacy through parent-focused activities rather than a medical treatment, it does not have side effects in the traditional sense.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ at study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~at study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and at study completion, approximately 1 year from first workshop. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in parents' capability to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

Change in parents' motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

Change in parents' opportunity to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development

Secondary outcome measures

Implementation: dose (app check-in questions)

Implementation: dose (app usage data)

Implementation: dose (parental interview)

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Other outcome measures

Change in children's motivation and enjoyment

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: PLAYshop InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will receive a 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, an equipment goody-bag with basic play equipment and printed resources, and access to a digital app with an online toolkit and four bi-weekly boosters lessons.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will receive the 60 minute virtual/hybrid physical literacy workshop, equipment goody-bag, and access to the digital app after completing the follow-up measures.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV

1,340 Previous Clinical Trials

26,452,666 Total Patients Enrolled

University of AlbertaLead Sponsor

886 Previous Clinical Trials

384,746 Total Patients Enrolled

University of VictoriaOTHER

56 Previous Clinical Trials

11,459 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

PLAYshop Program Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05436197 — N/A

Motor Skills Research Study Groups: PLAYshop Intervention, Control

Motor Skills Clinical Trial 2023: PLAYshop Program Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05436197 — N/A

PLAYshop Program 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05436197 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this trial have an age restriction, and if so, what is the cutoff?

"This medical trial is open to participants aged 3 - 5. Additionally, there are 86 studies for patients below the age of majority and 62 studies designed to benefit people above senior status."

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Is this trial still open for participants to join?

"Correct. The information on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this medical trial, which was initially posted on July 18th 2022, is actively recruiting participants at the moment. A total of 130 patients need to be enrolled from 1 site for successful completion of the study."

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How many individuals is this trial looking to recruit?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov verifies that enrollment is open for this medical trial, which was first published on July 18th 2022 and revised recently. 130 individuals are required to participate from a single site."

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To what end is this experiment aiming?

"This medical experiment aims to evaluate the changes in parental motivation to assist preschool-aged children's physical literacy development over a Baseline, Immediately After Workshop and One Week After Baseline timeframe. Additional measurements include Implementation Facilitators and Barriers (parent interview), Implementation Facilitators and Barriers (workshop leader interview) as well as implementation dose through app usage data amongst Interventional Group participants."

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What are the prerequisites for joining this clinical research project?

"To participate in this clinical trial, a subject must be aged 3-5 years and reside within the provinces of Alberta or British Columbia. Additionally, they need to meet Statistics Canada's pre-tax income cut off based on family size as well as their town's population. Lastly, research personnel along with any connected organisations are also eligible for enrolment."

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Recent research and studies

Frontiers in PediatricsJournal

The Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment Tool: Testing a New Physical Literacy Tool for the Early Years

Cairney, John, Heather J. Clark, Maeghan E. James, Drew Mitchell, Dean A. Dudley, and Dean Kriellaars. 2018. “The Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment Tool: Testing a New Physical Literacy Tool for the Early Years”. Frontiers in Pediatrics. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fped.2018.00138.

Preventive MedicineJournal

Correlates of Physical Activity in a National Sample of Children Aged 9–13 Years

Heitzler, Carrie D., Sarah Levin Martin, Jennifer Duke, and Marian Huhman. 2006. “Correlates of Physical Activity in a National Sample of Children Aged 9–13 Years”. Preventive Medicine. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.010.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop

2022. "The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05436197.