Effects of a School-Based Pedometer Intervention in Adolescents: 1-Year Follow-Up of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Isensee, Barbara; Suchert, Vivien; Hansen, Julia; Weisser, Burkhard; Hanewinkel, Reiner
Titel	Effects of a School-Based Pedometer Intervention in Adolescents: 1-Year Follow-Up of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 88 (2018) 10, S.717-724 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Isensee, Barbara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12676
Schlagwörter	Measurement Equipment; Intervention; Adolescents; Followup Studies; Randomized Controlled Trials; Physical Activities; Health Behavior; Athletics; Physical Fitness; Body Weight; Body Height; Body Composition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messinstrument; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Leichtathletik; Leistungsfähigkeit; Körpergewicht; Körpergröße
Abstract	Background: Physical activity (PA) is one of the most important health behaviors that may be modified by each individual. To foster PA in adolescents, a school-based intervention was evaluated. Methods: A cluster-randomized controlled trial with preassessment in 2014 and follow-up assessment in 2015 included 29 schools with 1020 students (47.6% girls, mean age = 13.69 years). Intervention students received pedometers and monitored their steps for 12 weeks. Classes with the most steps were awarded. Primary outcomes included moderate-to-vigorous PA, out-of-school sports activities, active transport assessed through questionnaires, as well as cardiorespiratory fitness measured using the 20-m shuttle-run test and anthropometric data (weight, height, body fat, and waist circumference) assessed by study staff. Results: Significant interaction terms between group and time were found for all 3 indicators of PA; intervention students showed a higher increase of PA than control students. The same pattern was shown for cardiorespiratory fitness, but the effect missed significance. A more favorable development for the intervention students was shown for body fat and waist-to-height ratio, while there was no effect on body mass index percentile. Conclusions: An easy way to administer school-based PA program may enhance students' leisure-time PA even 1 year after the intervention has ended. (As Provided).
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