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School-based physical activity intervention for older adolescents: rationale and study protocol for the Burn 2 Learn cluster randomised controlled trial
- Source :
- BMJ Open
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2019.
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Abstract
- IntroductionThis trial aims to investigate the impact of a school-based physical activity programme, involving high-intensity interval training (HIIT), on the physical, mental and cognitive health of senior school students.Methods and analysisThe Burn 2 Learn (B2L) intervention will be evaluated using a two-arm parallel group cluster randomised controlled trial with allocation occurring at the school level (to treatment or wait-list control). Schools will be recruited in two cohorts from New South Wales, Australia. The trial will aim to recruit ~720 senior school students (aged 16–18 years) from 20 secondary schools (ie, 10 schools per cohort). A range of implementation strategies will be provided to teachers (eg, training, equipment and support) to facilitate the delivery of HIIT sessions during scheduled classes. In phase I and II (3 months each), teachers will facilitate the delivery of at least two HIIT sessions/week during lesson-time. In phase III (6 months), students will be encouraged to complete sessions outside of lesson-time (teachers may continue to facilitate the delivery of B2L sessions during lesson-time). Study outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 6 months (primary end point) and 12 months. Cardiorespiratory fitness (shuttle run test) is the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes include: vigorous physical activity, muscular fitness, cognition and mental health. A subsample of students will (i) provide hair samples to determine their accumulated exposure to stressful events and (ii) undergo multimodal MRI to examine brain structure and function. A process evaluation will be conducted (ie, recruitment, retention, attendance and programme satisfaction).Ethics and disseminationThis study has received approval from the University of Newcastle (H-2016–0424) and the NSW Department of Education (SERAP: 2017116) human research ethics committees.Trial registration numberACTRN12618000293268; Pre-results.
- Subjects :
- cognition
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
education
Physical fitness
physical activity
High-Intensity Interval Training
behaviour change
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Protocol
Clinical endpoint
Cluster Analysis
Humans
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Medicine
adolescents
030212 general & internal medicine
Cluster randomised controlled trial
Students
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
School Health Services
business.industry
4. Education
Public health
Attendance
Brain
Cardiorespiratory fitness
030229 sport sciences
General Medicine
Mental health
3. Good health
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Cohort
physical fitness
Physical therapy
Female
Public Health
resistance training
New South Wales
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20446055
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Open
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7776b8197d49ae4821a51c575051ab71