Study on the Effect of a Gamified Health Education Programme on Primary School Children

Официальное название

Study on the Effect of a Health Education Programme Based on Gamification Strategies on Diet, Sedentary Behaviour and Daily Physical Activity in Primary School Children.

Обзор

This randomised study evaluates the effectiveness of Health Education through a Gamified Health Programme on diet, sedentary behaviour and daily physical activity in primary school children.

Подробное описание

The prevalence of childhood obesity is high, being a serious health problem in our country, where 4 out of ten boys and girls are overweight.

Among the risk factors associated with obesity, the most prominent continue to be: lack of physical activity, those related to eating habits and excess time in front of screens.

Given that obesity is considered one of the most serious epidemics of the 21st century and that, if it is not stopped in childhood, it can cause serious health problems in adulthood, it is very important to work on this stage to reduce it.

In this evolutionary stage, children spend a lot of time in schools; Involving their teachers and teachers is important, but it is still necessary to do it with families as well. In this field, in that of fathers, mothers and/or guardians, the data shows parental weakness in aspects related to Health Education, such as those shown by the ALADINO 2019 study, where they point out that 7 out of 10 schoolchildren with excess weight are perceived by their parents as within a normal weight.

Our Health Education Program aims to ensure that the main actors (children) are accompanied and guided by their families and their teachers in the implementation of a series of activities associated with the achievement or improvement of daily habits. related to the previously indicated risk factors.

The Health Program, lasting 6 months, consists of daily, weekly or fortnightly activities. All of them interrelated and connected under the common objective of initiating or consolidating the aforementioned habits, in such a way that they improve the values of overweight in our sample.

We try to involve the child through gamification, through a story embodied in an interface that makes them feel involved. The achievement and fulfillment of each entrusted task will mean a series of achievements that will motivate the participants to continue accepting challenges.

Вмешательства

• Поведенческое Intervention - A
  For this Intervention Group, rewards act as the main motivating factor for the children in this intervention group. Each time they complete the activities proposed in the application, they receive a "Bellotex Salud" avatar card, which symbolises their progress and identifies them as "Bellotex Masters". This gamified recognition boosts their involvement and reinforces their adherence to the intervention. In addition, this group does not attend weekly health education sessions, so the improvement
• Поведенческое Intervention - B
  In this Intervention Group, participants will not have access to the rewards that act as the main motivating factor. Each time they complete the activities proposed in the application, they will pass the challenge but will not receive the "Bellotex Health" avatar card, which symbolises their progress and identifies them as "Bellotex Masters", thus allowing them to assess their potential involvement and adherence to the intervention without the reinforcement of gamified recognition. However, thi
• Поведенческое Intervention - C
  For this Intervention Group, rewards act as the main motivating factor. Each time they complete the activities proposed in the application, they receive a "Bellotex Salud" avatar card, which symbolises their progress and identifies them as "Bellotex Masters". This gamified recognition boosts their involvement and reinforces their adherence to the intervention. In addition, this group has access to weekly health education sessions, so that the improvements observed can be attributed to the use o

Первичные конечные точки

• Changes in weekly physical activity at 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in body fat mass composition over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in body weight composition over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in Body Mass Index over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in the percentage of carbohydrates ingested over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in the percentage of fat ingested over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in sedentary activity time over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]

Вторичные конечные точки (12)

• Changes in body fat-free mass composition over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in estimated total body water composition over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in protein composition over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in bone mineral composition over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in CUN-BAE index over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in phase angle bioimpedance over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in the percentage of protein ingested over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in the percentage of vitamins ingested over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in kilocalorie intake over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in adherence to the Mediterranean diet over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in psychological parameters over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]
• Changes in digital connection time over 12 weeks [Срок оценки: 0 and 12 weeks]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Pupils enrolled in primary education at schools in Extremadura.

Критерии исключения

• All pupils diagnosed with special educational needs will be excluded.
• Pupils who join after the programme has started.
• Absence of informed consent signature to participate in the study and use of the BELLOTEX-SALUD application by the child's parents or legal guardians.
• Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would disqualify the subject from participation in the study.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Да

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Двойное слепое

Основная цель

Лечение

Центры проведения

Испания · 1 центр

• University of Extremadura — Badajoz

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07276412 · 32/2025

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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