Vaitsa Giannouli, Magda Tsolaki
Elder financial abuse and the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action through training programmes?
Psychiatrike = Psychiatriki
significant rise childhood obesity worldwide past three decades highlights urgent need early interventions especially preschools key settings child development study aimed assess feasibility fidelity randomised controlled trial im active hero iaah theory evidencebased multicomponent behaviour change intervention targeting physical activity sedentary behaviour amongst preschoolaged children two preschools taif city saudi arabia randomly assigned either intervention n 3 classrooms usual curriculum control group n 3 classrooms intervention ran 10 weeks february april 2023 consisted teacherled physical activity sedentary behaviour sessions preschools additional interactive home component primary outcome measures included intervention fidelity recruitment rates attrition rates compliance trial procedures secondary outcomes included body mass index bmi objectively measured physical activity sedentary time via actigraph gt3x accelerometer outcomes measured baseline 10 weeks study arms preschool intervention component high fidelity 933 home component fidelity lower 74 clusterlevel recruitment rate 12 13112 centres attained whilst individuallevel recruitment rate stood 36 52143 children mean age 416 years 23 girls attrition 10 compliance varied 90 bmi 71 accelerometery 45 questionnaires intervention group showed small decreases bmi slight increases physical activity decreases sedentary time followup compared control group parents facilitators assistant teachers considered intervention feasible beneficial iaah intervention feasible implement saudi arabian preschools facilitators showed high fidelity delivering however preliminary data demonstrate effectiveness comprehensive evaluation across broader population warranted intervention could revised optimise recruitment compliance fidelity homebased component successful elements pilot retained whilst adaptations implementation made strengthen key areasclinical trial registration clinicaltrialsgov nct05754359