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Table 4 Spanish EYTO participation, schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessment

From: A youth-led social marketing intervention to encourage healthy lifestyles, the EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity) project: a cluster randomised controlled0 trial in Catalonia, Spain

 

Study period

 

Enrolment

Allocation

Post-allocation

 

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Timepoint

-t1

a0

t1

t2

t3

t4

t5

t6

 

May 2014(after CEIC approval)

May 2014

May 2014

May 2014

May 2014

September 2014

September 2014

October 2014

 

High-Schools of low income in Reus are included in this phase.

4 high-school are randomly chosen, 2 in the intervention and 2 in the control group

Control High-school meeting, Separate Intervention high-school meeting and 5 ACC selection

Social marketing, health promotion and communication training for 5 ACCs

Each participant answered the HBSC Survey.

Implementation of challenges by the 5 ACCs with help of stakeholders for their peers.

Preparation of the ACC presentation of the first academic Spanish intervention at the EYTO meeting in London.

Meeting of 5 ACCs from the 4 EYTO participating countries in London to pool designed activities and exchange ideas. Successful intervention activities can be re-implemented.

 

Randomisation is performed.

  

Design of the intervention. Information and informed consent signed

Implementation of interventions by the 5 ACCs for their peers in high-school for 12 weeks.

   

Enrolment:

360–400 adolescents from low-income neighbourhoods.

      

Eligibility screen

X

 

X

     

Informed consent

        

[List other procedures]

        

Allocation

180–200 from intervention group and 180–200 from control group

      

Intervention

  

Training of 5 ACCs to design activities

 

HBSC Survey Implementation of activities during 12-week period

Implementation of social event challenges in the community and local markets for their peers

 

Evaluate the activities performed during 12-week period (1st academic year)

Control

  

This group did not receive any interventions

 

HBSC Survey

   

Assessments: List baseline variables

X

X

X

   

X

X

List primary and secondary outcome variables for 200 participants in the intervention and 200 participants in the control group

  

Fruit and vegetable consumption, breakfast consumption, physical activity practice and sedentary behaviours.

     

Study period

 

Post-allocation

Close-out September 2015

  
 

Phase 4

Phase 5

   

Timepoint

t7

t8

t9

t10

t11

t12

  
 

November 2014

February 2015

Mar 2015

Sept 2015

Sept 2015

Sept 2015

  
 

Activities re-implemented by 5 ACCs for their peers in the intervention group high-schools during a 12-week period (2nd academic year)

Challenges designed by the 5 ACCs for their peers with stakeholder help

Preparation of the presentation on the Spanish intervention for the EYTO meeting in Spain

Meeting of 5 ACCs from the 4 EYTO participating countries in Reus, Spain.

Report of intervention challenges to the 4 EYTO countries and web presentation and analysis of data.

EYTO Final report including intervention challenges and Results of lifestyle outcomes

  

Interventions:

        

Intervention

Implementation of activities during a 12-week period (2nd academic year)

HBSC Survey Intervention implementation

      

Control

 

HBSC Survey

      

Assessments:

  

X

X

    

List primary and secondary outcome variables

        

for 200 participants in the intervention and

        

200 participants in the control group

 

February 2015, at the end of intervention

 

End of the participation of the 5 ACCs

Fruit and vegetable consumption.

   
     

Physical activity Practice. Sedentary behaviours.