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Engaging Children With Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and Their Parents to Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle: Piloting the Game Squad Home Exergaming & Virtual Health Coaching Intervention
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating NDGameSquad for Physical Activity and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 23 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
The proposed study will pilot the use of an adapted Game Squad intervention aimed at improving physical activity and other important health behaviors (nutrition, sleep hygiene, screen time habits) for children and adolescents receiving special education supports for behavioral health challenges, or who are served by the Boston Medical Center Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (BMC-DBP) clinic.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention will be delivered within participants' homes. Participants will be provided a gaming console and exergames. Participants will be encouraged to meet a goal of 60 minutes/day of MVPA for the duration of the intervention by playing the exergames at least three times per week and engaging in non-screen based physical activity on other days. Participants will receive a booklet that includes a curriculum for playing weekly challenges. Participants will wear a FitBit during their exergaming sessions. Participants and parents meet bi-weekly with a health coach via video-chat using the exergame console. Sessions will identify and encourage specific physical activity, healthy eating, and healthy sleep habits. At the school site, participants will receive additional check-ins, engagement support, and health curricula from classroom teachers during the first 10 weeks of the intervention.