CHInese pRimary school children PhYsical activity and DietaRy behAviour chanGes InterventiON (CHIRPY DRAGON)

ISRCTN ISRCTN13619480
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN13619480
Submission date
09/01/2015
Registration date
03/02/2015
Last edited
20/01/2015
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
The number of children who are overweight and obese in urban China is increasing rapidly and there is a high likelihood that these problems will persist in adulthood and affect health. Effective interventions to prevent and control childhood obesity are urgently needed. The aim of this study is to test an obesity prevention programme among urban primary school children in Guangzhou (China).

Who can participate?
Students aged 6–7 and their family members, and relevant school staff

What does the study involve?
Children and their family members will be randomly selected from participating schools.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
A benefit is the prevention of obesity and its consequences. Risks were not provided at the time of registration.

Where is the study run from?
Three non-boarding state primary schools in Guangzhou (China)

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
From March 2015 to July 2015

Who is funding the study?
Zhejiang Yong Ning Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

Who is the main contact?
Dr Bai Li
b.li.3@bham.ac.uk

Contact information

Dr Bai Li
Scientific

Department of Public Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Health and Population Sciences
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Phone +44 1214147365
Email b.li.3@bham.ac.uk

Study information

Study designFeasibility study
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designNon randomised study
Study setting(s)School
Study typePrevention
Scientific titleDevelopment and evaluation of a childhood obesity prevention programme in urban China: a feasibility trial
Study acronymCHIRPY DRAGON
Study objectives1. Are the planned methods for the recruitment of school and participants feasible?
2. Is delivery of the developed intervention programmes feasible?
3. Are the planned methods and procedures for outcome measures feasible?
4. What modifications in intervention components and/or implementation arrangements are needed to maximise the programme's feasibility and acceptability?
5. What are the most culturally relevant methods for cost-effectiveness evaluation for a future trial?
Ethics approval(s)University of Birmingham Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Ethical Review Committee, 16/12/2014, reference number ERN_14-1440
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedChildhood overweight or obesity, related health behaviours and quality of life
InterventionFour components:
1. Improving health knowledge and perception among grandparents or parents and children through:
1.1. Interactive learning activities targeting carers
1.2. Interactive learning activities targeting children
1.3. Cross-generation quizzes targeting both carers and children
1.4. Family-wide health behavioural challenges targeting both carers and children
2. Improving the nutritional quality and taste of school meals and parental perception about school meals by:
2.1. Having a joint monitoring and evaluating system
2.2. Demonstrating tested and feasible changes to current menus and preparation methods among kitchen staff
3. Providing and encouraging off-campus physical activities that involve both parents and children by:
3.1. Demonstrating and practicing family-friendly active fun games
3.2. Assigning homework to play the games learnt once a day outside school (this homework will be implemented in coordination with component 1.4.)
4. Promoting better implementation of the national requirement for a 1 hour of physical activity on campus each day in schools by:
4.1. Facilitating discussion about situation, barriers and opportunities for improvement
4. 2. Supporting continuous development of action plan and progress evaluation

Activities in components 1 and 3 will take place once every 2 weeks for a total of three or four sessions in the spring term (family-wide health behavioural challenges will be on a weekly basis); activities in components 2 and 4 will take place mostly on a daily or weekly basis.
Intervention typeBehavioural
Primary outcome measureBody-mass index z score at baseline
Secondary outcome measures1. Children’s quality of life, assessed with the validated Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (4.0) and the validated Chinese version of the Child Health Utility 9D; both will be administered to children face to face by a trained researcher
2. Child diet, assessed with an adapted Short Form Food Frequency Questionnaire
3. Physical activity, assessed with the Zhiji Energy Monitor UX-02, a translated version of the Day in Life Questionnaire, an adapted version of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children, and an adapted version of the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire and self-designed questions
4. Quality of life of parents and grandparents, assessed with the Chinese version of EQ-5D

The outcome measures will be tested at baseline.
Overall study start date01/01/2014
Completion date31/12/2015

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Mixed
Age groupMixed
SexBoth
Target number of participants123 for testing outcome measures
Key inclusion criteria1. First year students (aged 6–7) in three non-boarding state primary schools in Guangzhou (China)
2. Students' family members
3. Relevant school staff
Key exclusion criteriaStudents who are not in year one of the three participating schools and their family members
Date of first enrolment09/02/2015
Date of final enrolment20/03/2015

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • China

Study participating centre

Three non-boarding state primary schools in Guangzhou (China)
Guangzhou
China

Sponsor information

University of Birmingham
University/education

Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
England
United Kingdom

Website www.bham.ac.uk
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/03angcq70

Funders

Funder type

Industry

Zhejiang Yong Ning Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date01/09/2015
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot expected to be made available
Publication and dissemination plan1. Submission of articles reporting on intervention development (methods and results of the theoretical modelling phase and feasibility study) and the protocol for the randomised controlled trial to peer reviewed journals
2. Presentation at relevant international conferences
3. Preparation of reports in plain Chinese after completion of the feasibility study and dissemination to local authorities, schools, participants' families, and the funder; if required, reports will also be made available in English
4. Findings from the study that have implications for other members of the wider community will be publicised through the mass media
IPD sharing plan