Feasibility of an incentive scheme to promote active travel to school: a pilot cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Great Britain, 19% of trips to primary school within 1 mile, and 62% within 1-2 miles, are by car. Active travel to school (ATS) offers a potential source of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). This study tested the feasibility of an intervention to promote ATS in 9-10 year olds and associated trial procedures.

Methods

A parallel cluster randomised pilot trial was conducted over 9 weeks in two schools from a low-income area in northeast England. Measures included daily parental ATS reports (optionally by SMS) and child ATS reports, as well as accelerometry (ActiGraph GT3X+). At baseline, all children were asked to wear the accelerometer for the same week; in the post-randomisation phase, small subsamples were monitored each week. In the 2 weeks when

SUBMITTER: Ginja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5686940 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature