Wassenaar 2019.
| Methods |
Type of trial: efficacy Allocation: cluster‐randomised Intervention model: parallel assignment Masking: single‐blind (outcome assessor) |
| Participants |
Estimated number of schools: 104 Estimated number of students: 18,261 Inclusion criteria (schools): secondary state or academy schools, but not grammar schools; mixed or single‐gender; with proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals, preferably more than 15%, which is the average for England (at the time of recruitment ); located within a pre‐defined set of local authorities, encompassing the following geographical locations: Greater London; Thames Valley; Southampton and Portsmouth; Bristol and Bath; Birmingham and Coventry; Cheltenham/Gloucester; and Luton, Bedford Milton Keynes; Year 7 pupils who will move on to Year 8 at the start of the intervention; delivery of PE as part of the curriculum; signing an agreement to send opt‐out consent forms to parents/carers of Year 7 pupils; informing the research team of pupils who have opted out of data storage Exclusion criteria (schools): − Inclusion criteria (students): all pupils in Year 8 at the start of the intervention Exclusion criteria (students): − |
| Interventions |
Intervention: the intervention requires teachers to deliver specific elements of additional vigorous physical activity, over and above normal vigorous activity, during all Year 8 PE lessons, for the whole school year. Four minutes of vigorous physical activity is incorporated into the PE lesson as part of a warm‐up, and three 2‐minute infusions per hour of PE are incorporated into the main PE class Comparator: PE as usual |
| Outcomes |
Primary outcome: academic attainment Secondary outcomes: cardiorespiratory fitness, cognitive measures, mental health, global self‐esteem, physical self‐esteem, global health, physical activity, daytime sleepiness, PE enjoyment, psychological variables linked to PA, PA during PE Other outcomes: brain imaging (sub‐sample) |
| Reason for awaiting classification | Noted as complete in clinical trials registry, but no data published |
| Stated aim of study | |
| Notes |