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Table 1 Data collection plan for the FLEX Study

From: Study protocol: the Fueling Learning through Exercise (FLEX) study – a randomized controlled trial of the impact of school-based physical activity programs on children’s physical activity, cognitive function, and academic achievement

 

Baseline

(School Year 1)

Midpoint

(School Year 1)

Post-Intervention (School Year 2)

Once per school year

Participant level measures

 Primary outcome measures

  Physical activity (accelerometry)

 

  Cognitive function

  (Digit Span and Stroop Color-Word tests)

 

  Standardized test scores

a

 

  Attendance

a

 

 Anthropometric measures

  Height

 

  Weight

 

 Additional physical activity measures

  Social support for PA

 

  What Kind of Kid Are You? (self-perception of behavior, athletic competence and global self-worth)

 

  Cardiorespiratory fitness (PACER)

   

 Dietary measures

  Weekday breakfast consumption

 

  7-day dietary recall

 

 Demographic measures

  Date of birth

   

  Grade

   

  Sex

   

  Race/Ethnicity

   

  Free/reduced price lunch eligibility

   

  Behavioral/developmental difficulties

   

  Individualized education program status

   

  Maternal education level

   

  Paternal education level

   

School-level measures

 School physical activity environment scan

   

 School food environment scan

   

Program evaluation measures (100 Mile Club and Just Move schools)

 Participant-level program participation and attitudes

 

 

 Champion/teacher program questionnaire

 

 Direct observation

   

  1. aCollected in the spring of the prior year