MEND Study Intervention
Questions:
1) Describe the purpose of the study (1-2 sentences, 1 mark).
The purpose of the study outlined in the article was to evaluate one of the fairly new intervention programs, MEND.
2) Describe the study design (just the design, not the intervention), including the number of children in the intervention and control groups (3-4 sentences, 2 marks).
The particular study design was executed as a 6-month randomized controlled trial which consisted of a 9-week MEND program followed by a 12-week free family swim pass. Participants of this study began with a baseline, and then were randomly selected to start the program immediately or subsequently 6 months later (control group). In order to account for drop outs after the commencement of the study, it was designed to accommodate 48 children per group. In total, one hundred and sixteen obese children were a part of the entire study. 3) Describe the MEND study intervention, being sure to include all 3 components in your description. (4-5 sentences, 2 marks)
The MEND study intervention comprises of multiple interrelated elements based on a variety of principles, theories and studies such as sports science, psychology and therapeutic processes. All three of the components outlined in the intervention are vital for individual-behavioral change. One of the …show more content…
For each weakness/limitation, suggest how you would change the study to improve it. Only one of the weaknesses/limitations you discuss can be one that was pointed out by the authors in the Strengths and Limitations section of the article. The other two MUST be from your own analysis and critical thinking and MUST include references (with in-text citations) to your readings for tutorial 2 and/or the lecture readings relevant to the topic. (~3-4 sentences per weakness/limitation – remember that you must also suggest an improvement for each, 3 marks per weakness/limitation, 9 marks
1) Describe the purpose of the study (1-2 sentences, 1 mark).
The purpose of the study outlined in the article was to evaluate one of the fairly new intervention programs, MEND.
2) Describe the study design (just the design, not the intervention), including the number of children in the intervention and control groups (3-4 sentences, 2 marks).
The particular study design was executed as a 6-month randomized controlled trial which consisted of a 9-week MEND program followed by a 12-week free family swim pass. Participants of this study began with a baseline, and then were randomly selected to start the program immediately or subsequently 6 months later (control group). In order to account for drop outs after the commencement of the study, it was designed to accommodate 48 children per group. In total, one hundred and sixteen obese children were a part of the entire study. 3) Describe the MEND study intervention, being sure to include all 3 components in your description. (4-5 sentences, 2 marks)
The MEND study intervention comprises of multiple interrelated elements based on a variety of principles, theories and studies such as sports science, psychology and therapeutic processes. All three of the components outlined in the intervention are vital for individual-behavioral change. One of the …show more content…
For each weakness/limitation, suggest how you would change the study to improve it. Only one of the weaknesses/limitations you discuss can be one that was pointed out by the authors in the Strengths and Limitations section of the article. The other two MUST be from your own analysis and critical thinking and MUST include references (with in-text citations) to your readings for tutorial 2 and/or the lecture readings relevant to the topic. (~3-4 sentences per weakness/limitation – remember that you must also suggest an improvement for each, 3 marks per weakness/limitation, 9 marks