The Role of After-school Exercise Services in Promoting Myopia and Physical and Mental Health in Children
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: after-school extended sports service, non-after school extended sports service.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Common Diseases, Joint Prevention, Students, After-school Extended Sports Service. Basic parameters: 5 years — 14 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Cohort Study of After-school Exercise Services in Promoting Myopia and Physical and Mental Health in Children
Overview
This project is a prospective cohort study to evaluate the impact of after-school extended physical education services on the visual health, physical health indicators, and mental health of children and adolescents participating in these services over a one-year period. The study collected data on the participation rate, duration, activity content, and organisational form of the after-school extended hours service through a questionnaire; the demographic characteristics, sleeping habits, and dietary habits of the participants through a self-administered questionnaire on the multidisease behaviour of children and adolescents; the intensity of the activities of the students who participated in the after-school extended hours service was investigated through an accelerometer and a physical activity questionnaire; and data on students\' visual acuity, body mass index, and mental health status were collected through a medical check-up. Students' visual acuity data, body mass index, maximum oxygen uptake, and other indicators of physical health and mental health were collected through physical examination, and data on changes in one year were collected through half-yearly/follow-up visits to establish a cohort to evaluate the effects of after-school extended hours services on students' myopia rates, physical health and mental health levels by different types, intensity and duration of exercise.
Detailed description
Students in grades 1-6 of several primary schools were selected as the study subjects. According to the baseline survey, the study subjects were divided into after-school extended physical education service group and non-after-school extended physical education service group, and their behavioural habits as well as the contents of the after-school extended physical education service, visual acuity, BMI, cardiorespiratory fitness, spinal curvature abnormality, and mental health were investigated by means of questionnaires and other tools, so as to analyse the relationship between after-school extended physical education service and the physical and mental health of the students.
Interventions
- Behavioral after-school extended sports service
Impact of voluntary participation in different types (e.g. outdoor physical activities, indoor physical activities, ball games, calisthenics, etc.), intensity and duration of after-school extended physical education services on children\'s myopia and other physical and psychological well-being - Behavioral non-after school extended sports service
Students in the same grade as the exposure group but participating in after-school non-physical education extended services (e.g., homework help, static activities such as calligraphy, chess, etc.) served as a control group, aiming to maximise the control of the influence of potential factors other than physical activity on the results of the study.
Primary outcome measures
- body mass index [Time frame: At baseline, month 6 and month 12]
- cardiorespiratory fitness [Time frame: At baseline, month 6 and month 12]
- Spinal curvature abnormalities [Time frame: At baseline, month 6 and month 12]
- mental health [Time frame: At baseline, month 6 and month 12]
- myopic [Time frame: At baseline, month 6 and month 12]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- ① Those who voluntarily participate in the after-school extended hours service;
- Those who voluntarily participate in this study and sign the informed consent; ③ Basic reading, writing and comprehension skills to understand the questionnaire and be able to answer it;
Exclusion criteria
- ① Unfit to participate in sports activities for health or physical reasons; ② Suffering from glaucoma, glaucoma and other diseases.
- Those who suffer from glaucoma, strabismus, refractive error and other eye diseases that affect vision;
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06619925 · 20240909