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Trial registered on ANZCTR

Registration number

ACTRN12621001220853p

Ethics application status

Submitted, not yet approved

Date submitted

2/08/2021

Date registered

13/09/2021

Date last updated

13/09/2021

Date data sharing statement initially provided

13/09/2021

Type of registration

Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs

Public title

The effect of engaging fathers and daughters on girls' participation in basketball: A preliminary evaluation of the 'Daughters and Dads basketball' program

Scientific title

Process evaluation of the 'Daughters and Dads basketball’ program: a sport-specific variant of the ‘Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered program’: an investigation of recruitment, fidelity, compliance, attendance and satisfaction for girls aged 7-12 years and their fathers

Secondary ID [1]

n/a

Universal Trial Number (UTN)

n/a

Trial acronym

n/a

Linked study record

This record is a sub-study of RCT ACTRN12617001450303 and Trial Id: ACTRN12616001270404

Health condition

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:

Physical inactivity

Sedentary behaviour

Condition category

Condition code

Public Health

Health promotion/education

Intervention/exposure

Study type

Interventional

Description of intervention(s) / exposure

Fathers will attend one 90 minute Dads-only education session covering all key content which includes program rationale, the unique influence of fathers, engaging daughters in basketball and pinkification. For Dads-only, the education session focuses on proven parenting key topic areas to improve their daughters’ skill proficiency in basketball, basketball enjoyment and participation and social-emotional wellbeing.This will be delivered by trained facilitator using powerpoint which includes interactive activities, short videos, gifs, imagery and text.

One week later, Fathers and daughters will attend 8 x 90 minute weekly face-face sessions, with the total duration being 9 weeks.

* Each of the 8 weekly daughters and dads session will be broken up into 2 components:
(i) a 30-minute education session with fathers and daughters together
(ii) a 60-minute practical session where fathers and daughters participate together,

The daughters and dads’ education sessions focus on understanding the game of basketball, and developing girls’ basketball skills and key social and emotional skills including resilience, persistence, positivity and bravery. Content will be sport specific e.g., ‘Learning the Game of basketball – Part 1’, ‘Female Basketball Superstars'.

The practical sessions focus on 3 key areas - rough and tumble play and handles, basketball skill development, and modified basketball games

* The sessions will be group-based (~12 father/daughter dyads per program), delivered by university-trained facilitators (qualified teachers) at local schools

*All fathers and daughters will be provided with program resources including a t-shirt, and a Home activity handbook containing tasks for fathers and daughters to complete together at home (e.g., ‘Activators’ and ‘Skills Practice’). Participants will be advised to complete activities at least one ‘Activator’ and one ‘Skills Practice’ activity per week equating to a minimum approximate time investment of approximately 10 minutes per week. The program resources/activity handbook is designed specifically for this study.

Adherence to the intervention will be monitored by:
- Attendance records at the sessions
- Activities completed in the Handbook

For those fathers who sign up for the program in our local area (e.g., Newcastle, Maitland and Central Coast), their daughters will be invited to complete additional pre- and post-program measures, including basketball proficiency skills tests and a face-to-face interview administered questionnaire. We will recruit 30 daughters who have enrolled and consented to participate in this component of the study.

Intervention code [1]

Lifestyle

Intervention code [2]

Behaviour

Comparator / control treatment

The program will be evaluated using a non-randomized, prospective design without a control group

Control group

Uncontrolled

Outcomes

Primary outcome [1]

PRIMARY OUTCOME #1
1. Fidelity of the program delivery by facilitators during the fathers-only workshops and the daughters & dads sessions (including both education and practical components (e.g. rough and tumble play and handles, basketball skills and modified basketball games)). This will be measured by weekly post session reflections completed by the facilitators, which is validated by an independent observation by a member of the research team of at least two sessions per program. The reflection completed by facilitators and independent observation of sessions for validation is designed specifically for this study.

Timepoint [1]

9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)

Primary outcome [2]

PRIMARY OUTCOME #2
2. Attendance – as measured by percentage of Daughters & Dads Basketball sessions attended, Assessed using workshop attendance checklists at the fathers-only workshop and the father-and-daughter sessions on average across the eight weeks.

Timepoint [2]

9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)

Primary outcome [3]

PRIMARY OUTCOME #3
3. Compliance – as measured by the number of home tasks completed by Dads and their daughter. The activity handbooks will be collected after the final session by the University of Newcastle research team and the number of activities completed will be recorded.

Timepoint [3]

9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)

Secondary outcome [1]

PRIMARY OUTCOME #4
4. Satisfaction – Items measured via questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale.

Timepoint [1]

9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)

Secondary outcome [2]

PRIMARY OUTCOME #5
5. Recruitment – achievement of recruitment targets for participants. Assessed by audit of study enrolment logs.

Timepoint [2]

Baseline

Secondary outcome [3]

Retention in basketball (completed by fathers)- assessed at 12-months post program using items developed for this study.

Timepoint [3]

12-months post baseline

Secondary outcome [4]

Daughters’ enjoyment in basketball - Adapted version of the Physical Activity Children’s Enjoyment Scale (via 16 items on a 5-point Likert Scale ranging from 1 = “disagree a lot” to 5 = “agree a lot” e.g., When I am at basketball training I enjoy it) (Moore et al., 2009). (completed by fathers and a sub-sample of 30 daughters)

Timepoint [4]

Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline, 12-months post baseline (fathers only)

Secondary outcome [5]

Intention to continue playing basketball - Intention to continue in basketball will be assessed using items developed for this study (“e.g., I'm interested in playing basketball after the program finishes in the backyard with my Dad”). (completed by fathers and a sub-sample of 30 daughters)

Timepoint [5]

9-weeks post baseline

Secondary outcome [6]

Test of basketball skill proficiency – Stationary bounce - Test of Gross Motor Development III (TGMD-3) (Ulrich, 2016). (completed by a sub-sample of 30 daughters)

Timepoint [6]