NDLI: Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance in 14-year old adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial

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Author	Solberg, Runar Barstad Steene-Johannessen, Jostein Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred Ekelund, Ulf Säfvenbom, Reidar Haugen, Tommy Berntsen, Sveinung Åvitsland, Andreas Lerum, Øystein Resaland, Geir Kåre Kolle, Elin
Abstract	Background School-based physical activity interventions evaluating the effect on academic performance usually includes children. We aimed to investigate the effect of a nine-month, school-based physical activity intervention titled School in Motion (ScIM) on academic performance in adolescents. Methods Thirty secondary schools in Norway were cluster-randomized into three groups: the Physically active learning (PAL) group (n = 10), the Don’t worry – Be Happy (DWBH) group (n = 10) or control (n = 10). Target dose in both intervention groups was 120 min/week of additional PA during school hours. Parental consent was obtained from 2084 adolescent students (76%). Standardized national tests in reading and numeracy was conducted at baseline and at the end of the intervention. We used linear mixed model to test intervention effects. We found significant intervention effects in numeracy and reading among students in both interventions when compared with controls. Results The mean difference in change in numeracy was 1.7 (95% CI: 0.9 to 2.5; Cohen’s d = 0.12) and 2.0 (95% CI: 1.4 to 2.7; Cohen’s d = 0.23) points in favour of students in the PAL and DWBH intervention, respectively. Similar results were found for reading, where the mean difference in change was 0.9 (95% CI 0.2 to 1.6; Cohen’s d = 0.06) and 1.1 (95% CI 0.3 to 1.9; Cohen’s d = 0.18) points in favour of students in the PAL and DWBH intervention, respectively. When conducting intention to treat analysis with imputed data the estimates were attenuated and some no longer significant. Conclusion The ScIM study demonstrates that two different school-based PA interventions providing approximately 120 min of additional PA weekly over nine months, significantly improved numeracy and reading performance in 14-year old students compared with controls. However, the results should be interpreted with caution as the effect sizes reported were very small or small and the estimates were attenuated when conducting intention to treat analysis. Despite this, our results are still positive and suggest that PA interventions are viable models to increase academic performance among adolescents. Trial registration Retrospectively registered (25/01/2019): NCT03817047 .
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ISSN	14712458
DOI	10.1186/s12889-021-10901-x
Journal	BMC Public Health
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Volume Number	21
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2021-05-06
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Medicine Epidemiology Biostatistics Vaccine Environmental Health Physical activity Cluster RCT Adolescents Academic performance Medicine/Public Health
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Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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