Feasibility of an intervention for increasing moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) in primary school physical education: a study protocol
WONG, Lan Sum, Muirhead, Fiona, Powell, Emma, Woodfield, Lorayne Angela, Stewart, Cameron and Reilly, John J (2022) Feasibility of an intervention for increasing moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) in primary school physical education: a study protocol. F1000Research, 11 (258). ISSN 2046-1402
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Abstract
Background: Most primary school Physical Education (PE) has relatively little health-enhancing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). - A promising theory and evidence-based intervention, the ‘SHARP Principles’ model, has been effective in making PE lessons more active in one area of England. This protocol paper explains the rationale for use of the SHARP intervention, and the methods used to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a version of SHARP translated for use in Scotland (SHARP Scotland). Methods: The feasibility of SHARP Scotland will be evaluated by key areas of focus for feasibility studies: Acceptability, Implementation, Integration, Limited Efficacy Testing. A combination of process measures, including observations, session delivery records, accelerometry-data collection, questionnaires, and semi-structured qualitative focus groups with teachers and pupils will be used. The feasibility and suitability of the SHARP Scotland intervention for a future Randomised Control Trial (RCT) will be assessed. The study will involve children from 8-11 years old (Primary 4 to 6) in two schools, one large urban school, and one smaller school; four classes will be randomly assigned to the intervention group (will be taught by class teachers with SHARP approach training), and four classes randomly assigned to the usual-care (standard curriculum) control group (taught by class teachers without SHARP training). Within the 8-week intervention, MVPA in the intervention group will be targeted by encouraging class teachers to deliver their PE classes in more active ways, following SHARP Principles. A maximum of 64 PE lessons Open Peer Review Approval Status 1 version 2 (revision) 17 Oct 2022 version 1 02 Mar 2022 view Freya MacMillan , Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia 1. Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Page 1 of 13 F1000Research 2022, 11:258 Last updated: 17 OCT 2022 Corresponding author: Lan Sum WONG (lan.wong@strath.ac.uk) Author roles: WONG LS: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing; Muirhead F: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing; Powell E: Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing; Woodfield LA: Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing; Stewart C: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Software, Writing – Review & Editing; Reilly JJ: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Grant information: The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work. Copyright: © 2022 WONG LS et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. How to cite this article: WONG LS, Muirhead F, Powell E et al. Feasibility of an intervention for increasing moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) in primary school physical education: a study protocol [version 2; peer review: 1 approved] F1000Research 2022, 11:258 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.109096.2 First published: 02 Mar 2022, 11:258 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.109096.1 delivered in a SHARP way will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the intervention. Discussion: The outcome of this study will be an assessment of whether applying the SHARP intervention is feasible in Scottish schools. Identification of any modifications to the intervention or evaluation which are required will provide insight for a fully powered effectiveness trial in the future, if appropriate.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of of Arts, Society and Professional Studies > Department of Health and Behavioural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms Hazel Barham |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 10:47 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 11:08 |
| URI: | https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17333 |
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