- Title
- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the MADE4Life program: a pilot randomized controlled trial
- Creator
- Barnes, Alyce T.; Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Collins, Clare E.; Morgan, Phillip J.
- Relation
- Journal of Physical Activity & Health Vol. 12, Issue 10, p. 1378-1393
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0331
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Background: The aim was to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a community-based physical activity (PA) intervention targeting mothers and daughters. Methods: A randomized controlled trial of 48 primary school-aged girls and their 40 mothers were randomized to (i) Mothers And Daughters Exercising for Life (MADE4Life) (n = 21 mothers, n = 25 daughters) or (ii) wait-list control (n = 19 mothers, n = 23 daughters). The 8-week program involved 8 sessions; 25-minute separate mothers and daughters education sessions and 60-minutes PA together. Assessments were at baseline, postintervention and 3-month postintervention. Primary outcome measure was daughters' moderate-to- vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (accelerometer). Secondary outcomes included accelerometer-assessed light/moderate/vigorous PA, BMI, waist circumference, body composition, blood pressure, resting heart rate, sedentary behaviors and mothers' self-reported PA, parenting measures, and cognitions. Intention-to-treat analysis used linear mixed models. Results: Recruitment and retention goals were exceeded. Attendance rates, program acceptability and satisfaction were high. There was no significant group-by-time effect for daughters' %MVPA (-0.08; 95%CI -1.49, 1.33, d = -0.03) or other secondary outcomes for girls (postintervention range d = 0.01 to -0.46). Significant intervention effects were found for mothers' %VPA (P = .04, d = 0.25) and role modeling (P = .02, d = 0.66). Conclusion: MADE4Life was both feasible and acceptable. Although very small effect sizes were found for the daughters, significant changes were seen for mothers (d = 0.25 to 0.66). Future fully powered trials targeting PA in mothers and daughters is warranted.
- Subject
- accelerometry; community-based research; exercise; gender; physical activity; inervention study; mothers; daughters
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1334183
- Identifier
- uon:27250
- Identifier
- ISSN:1543-5474
- Rights
- As accepted for publication by Human Kinetics.
- Language
- eng
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