Evaluating the effects of the Lunchtime Enjoyment Activity and Play (LEAP) school playground intervention on children’s quality of life, enjoyment and participation in physical activity

Hyndman, Brendon P; Benson, Amanda C; Ullah, Shahid; Telford, Amanda

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-164

Table 1 Assessment of social-ecological model levels of influence during the LEAP intervention

From: Evaluating the effects of the Lunchtime Enjoyment Activity and Play (LEAP) school playground intervention on children’s quality of life, enjoyment and participation in physical activity

				Data collection timeframe
Social-ecological model levels[52]	Outcome variable	Measurement tool	Data collection method	Baseline	Post-test (7-weeks)	Follow-up (8-months)
Intra-personal (Individual) level factors	• Individual level physical activity duration, frequency, steps and distances during school lunch breaks.	• Pedometers	• Worn by children on the right hip	• 5 days	• 5 days	• 5 days
	• Enjoyment of general physical activity.	• PACES	• Child self-report	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion
	• Enjoyment of intra-personal related play activities.	• LEAP Questionnaire	• Child self-report	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion
	• Physical health domain score of quality of life.	• Peds QL 4.0	• Child self-report	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion
Inter-personal (Social) level factors	• Area-level physical activity intensities over the school year.	• SOPLAY	• Video	• 5 days	• 5 days	• 5 days
	• Enjoyment of inter-personal-related play activities.	• LEAP Questionnaire	• Child self-report	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion
	• School, social and home-related quality of life as a result of the intervention (within psychosocial and overall quality of life domains).	• Peds QL 4.0	• Child self-report	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion
Physical environment/policy level factors	• The physical activity types children participated in within the school playground during school lunch breaks.	• SOPLAY	• Video	• 5 days	• 5 days	• 5 days
Physical environment/policy level factors	• Enjoyment of physical environment/policy-related play activities.	• LEAP Questionnaire	• Child self-report	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion	• 1 occasion

SOPLAY [61] = System of Observing Play and Leisure Activities in Youth; LEAP [56] = Lunchtime Enjoyment of Activity and Play; PedsQL 4.0 [57] = Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; PACES [64] = Physical Activity Children’s Enjoyment Scale; LEAP questionnaire consisted of 39 items (Intra-personal level component: 20 items; Inter-personal level component: 2 items; Physical Environment/Policy level component: 17 items); PACES consisted of 16 scale items; Peds QL consisted of 23 items (Psychosocial health scale quality of life: 15 items; Physical health scale quality of life: 8 items).

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