Outcomes of a Game-based Educational Intervention: Healthy Kids
For patients and families
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: Healthy Kids Programme.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Obesity and Overweight, Child Health, Physical Activity. Basic parameters: 6 years — 8 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
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- 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
Effectiveness of a Role-play Based School Intervention in Primary School Students: a Non-randomized Cluster Controlled Trial
Overview
235 / 5.000 Investigators aimed to reduce the risk of obesity by trying a new intervention method that is role-play based, interactive and fun with age-appropriate play materials, considering that learning through play is more efficient.
Detailed description
It was aimed to reduce the risk of obesity by trying a new intervention method based on role-play, interactive and fun with age-appropriate game materials, considering that learning through play is more efficient.
Two schools were determined as control and intervention groups. An 8-week interactive-game-based intervention program will be applied to children in the intervention group who are at risk for obesity. The program was shaped by a physician-dietician-psychologist and a professional theater actor.
Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) score, Food index (FI) score and BMI will be grouped for each child and a risk score will be calculated based on the total score they receive. It will be checked whether there is a decrease in this score after the training.
Interventions
- Behavioral Healthy Kids Programme
Our intervention was prepared by adopting an interactive curriculum shaped on role-play with visual materials and toy models of foods appropriate for the age of the children
Primary outcome measures
- BMI (body mass index) [Time frame: All measurements will be collected at 0, 3 and 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- FNPA scores [Time frame: All measurements will be collected at 0, 3 and 6 months]
- FI Scores [Time frame: All measurements will be collected at 0, 3 and 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- All participants who do not meet the criteria of whether or not they agree to participate in the study will be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
- neurodevelopmental delays
- metabolic disorders potentially leading to obesity
- physical disabilities
- those whose parents or guardians declined participation.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Marmara University — Istanbul
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06954545 · MU-FM-LA-01