Impacting Children's Physical and Mental Health Through Kinesiology Support in Clinical Care
Congenital Heart Defect, Chronic Pain, Concussion Post Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Congenital Heart Defect focused on measuring Physical Activity, Activity Motivation, Activity Confidence, Children, Adolescents, Sleep, Screen Time
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Children with MC&D will be eligible to participate if they meet all of the following criteria:
- 8 to 17 years of age and actively followed in an out-patient clinic at CHEO;
- physical activity concerns for the child identified by the patient/parent/healthcare professional;
- able to participate in physical activity as specified by the responsible physician;
- a physical disability limiting physical function or concussion symptoms persisting for > 1 month or chronic pain limiting physical function (post physiotherapy treatment) or a cardiac diagnosis;
- Motivation Ruler score for daily physical activity ≥ 4 (max 10 points) and Confidence Ruler for achieving a change in physical activity < 7 (max 10 points).
Exclusion Criteria:
- have a cognitive disability that prevents them from completing the study assessments;
- are unable to complete the assessments or intervention in either English or French;
- have an acute illness/condition that may impact their physical activity.
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention
Control
The kinesiology intervention will involve physical activity education appropriate to the MC&D delivered in a group format through twelve 2.5-hour weekly sessions49 (30 hours of kinesiology support). The sessions will combine participation in physical activities appropriate to the MC&D with education and goal-setting discussions. Each week, children will be guided to develop an individualized SMART (Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic, Time-based) plan for changing their activity behaviour. Their weekly SMART plan, which will require an additional 2 hours per week, will specify the home/community activities they will do prior to the next session.
Patients in the control group will continue with clinical care as usual. To encourage their cooperation, children in the control group will be offered the intervention after all of their study visits have been completed.