The Screen Free Time with Friends Feasibility Trial is a study designed to inform development of a definitive trial. The feasibility trial aims to 1) examine the feasibility of an intervention aimed to limit recreational screen media use and promote more time with peers after school and during weekends among 10-11 year old children, 2) examine participant recruitment and retention rates, 3) examine the feasibility of the data collection plan and completeness of the compliance and outcome assessment, and 4) obtain baseline and follow-up data on the planned full trial primary outcome. The Screen Free Time with Friends Feasibility Trial will be conducted as a non-randomized single group feasibility trial including children, their parents and school and afterschool personal from 3rd grade school classes from different schools in the Region of Southern Denmark. The goal is to include a representative sample of children and parents in the participating 3rd grades, and thus there will be no individual level inclusion and exclusion criteria. A process evaluation and outcome measurements will be conducted to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, the data collection plan, and compliance. A baseline- and follow-up assessment will be carried out for some measurements, while others will be collected continuously during the intervention period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
204
The intervention includes the following components: 1. Within each class parents will engage in two meetings combining education and parent-to-parent communication about 1) the children's leisure time activities, and 2) family and class screen time culture. Parents will engage in a short exercise focusing on screen media dilemmas conducted by the teacher in the beginning of 4th grade. 2. Children will engage in school hour workshops focusing on the class culture related to screen media use and leisure time activities. 3. Afterschool club personal will engage in mini actions learning program consisting of three workshops aimed to increase participation rate in the afterschool club. 4. Local stakeholders, e.g., parents, school- and afterschool club personal and others relevant to children's leisure time (e.g., sports clubs) will engage in workshops to adjust the predetermined intervention components (1-3 above) to fit their local context and to develop a local action plan.
Nyborg municipality
Nyborg, Denmark
Odense municipality
Odense, Denmark
Sorø municipality
Sorø, Denmark
Feasibility of the intervention
The feasibility of the intervention is evaluated using process evaluation inspired by the RE-AIM framework. Questionnaires to parents and local workshop participants focusing on the intervention and measurements will be used to assess acceptability.
Time frame: Baseline
Feasibility of the intervention
The feasibility of the intervention is evaluated using process evaluation inspired by the RE-AIM framework. Questionnaires and interviews with parents, local workshop participants, school and afterschool club personal, municipality and research team focusing on the recruitment process, intervention and measurements will be used to assess acceptability.
Time frame: After completion of different intervention components
Participant recruitment and retention rate
Proportion of invited municipalities, schools, afterschool clubs and participants included in the study and proportion of municipalities, schools, afterschool clubs and participants completing the study.
Time frame: Baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to leisure time activities measurement
Proportion of parents answering questions focusing on the child's afterschool club participation and time spent with friends and family during leisure time.
Time frame: Three times/week for three weeks at baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to objective screen media use measurement
Proportion of children and parents with data on objective measured smartphone use.
Time frame: Baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to subjective screen media use measurement
Proportion of parents answering questions focusing on the child's screen media use during leisure time.
Time frame: Three times/week for three weeks at baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to objective physical activity measurement
Proportion of children wearing the accelerometer (Axivity AX3) for at least four out of seven measurements days at baseline and follow-up (at least one day must be a weekend day).
Time frame: Baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to wellbeing measurement
Proportion of children answering KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire focusing on wellbeing.
Time frame: Baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to a child questionnaire
Proportion of children answering a questionnaire focusing on wellbeing, screen culture in the class and family and children's social relations.
Time frame: Baseline and 6-month follow-up
Compliance to a parent questionnaire
Proportion of parents answering the parent questionnaire including questions on background informations, their child's and family's physical activity and screen media habits and children's and parents screen media addiction.
Time frame: Baseline and 6-month follow-up
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