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Registration number
ACTRN12621000572864
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
19/02/2021
Date registered
17/05/2021
Date last updated
26/04/2022
Date data sharing statement initially provided
17/05/2021
Date results information initially provided
17/05/2021
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The effect of engaging fathers and daughters on girls' participation in cricket: A preliminary evaluation of the 'Daughters and Dads Cricket' program
Scientific title
Process evaluation of the 'Daughters and Dads Cricket’ 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] 303269 0
N/A
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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 320454 0
sedentary behaviour 320479 0
Condition category
Condition code
Public Health 318347 318347 0 0
Health promotion/education

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Fathers will attend one 2-hour Dads-only education session covering all key content which includes program rationale, the unique influence of fathers, engaging daughters in cricket and pinkification. 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 (as per the approved original Daughters and Dads Active And Empowered program).

* Each of the 8 weekly daughters and dads session will be broken up into 2 components:
(i) a 25-minute education session with fathers and daughters together
(ii) a 65-minute practical session where fathers and daughters participate together,

For Dads-only, education sessions focus on proven parenting key topic areas to improve their daughters’ skill proficiency in cricket, cricket enjoyment and participation and social-emotional wellbeing.

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

The practical sessions focus on 3 key areas - rough and tumble fielding activities, batting and bowling skill development, and modified cricket games

* The sessions will be group-based (~10 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
Intervention code [1] 319572 0
Lifestyle
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] 326327 0
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 fielding, cricket skills and fitness)). This will be measured by weekly post session reflections completed by the facilitators and an independent observation of at least two sessions per program. The reflection completed by facilitators and independent observation of sessions is designed specifically for this study.
Timepoint [1] 326327 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)
Primary outcome [2] 326586 0
2. Attendance – as measured by percentage of Daughters & Dads Cricket sessions attended, Assessed using workshop attendance checklists at the fathers-only workshops and the father-and-daughter sessions on average across the eight weeks.
Timepoint [2] 326586 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)
Primary outcome [3] 326587 0
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] 326587 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)
Secondary outcome [1] 391033 0
PRIMARY OUTCOME #4
4. Satisfaction – Items measured via questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale.
Timepoint [1] 391033 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)
Secondary outcome [2] 391034 0
PRIMARY OUTCOME #5
5. Recruitment – achievement of recruitment targets for participants. Assessed by audit of study enrolment logs.
Timepoint [2] 391034 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline (primary endpoint)
Secondary outcome [3] 391035 0
Program satisfaction (completed by fathers and daughters) - Program process evaluation questions (e.g., What did you enjoy most about the program?)
Timepoint [3] 391035 0
9-weeks post-baseline
Secondary outcome [4] 391036 0
Retention in cricket (completed by fathers)- Retention in cricket will be assessed 12-months post program using items developed for this study.
Timepoint [4] 391036 0
12-months post baseline
Secondary outcome [5] 391068 0
Test of cricket skill proficiency – Overhand throw (completed by daughters only) - Test of Gross Motor Development III (TGMD-3) (Ulrich, 2016).
Timepoint [5] 391068 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline
Secondary outcome [6] 392008 0
Daughters’ enjoyment in the cricket (completed by fathers and daughters) - 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 cricket training I enjoy it) (Moore et al., 2009).
Timepoint [6] 392008 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post baseline, 12-months post baseline (fathers only)
Secondary outcome [7] 392009 0
Intention to continue playing the sport (completed by fathers and daughters) - Intention to continue in cricket will be assessed using items developed for this study (“e.g., I'm interested in playing cricket after the program finishes in the backyard with my Dad”).
Timepoint [7] 392009 0
9-weeks post baseline
Secondary outcome [8] 394112 0
Test of cricket skill proficiency – Catch (completed by daughters only) - Test of Gross Motor Development III (TGMD-3) (Ulrich, 2016).
Timepoint [8] 394112 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post-baseline
Secondary outcome [9] 394113 0
Test of cricket skill proficiency – Batting accuracy (completed by daughters only) - test developed and tested by Cricket Australia.
Timepoint [9] 394113 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post-baseline
Secondary outcome [10] 394114 0
Test of cricket skill proficiency – Batting distance test (completed by daughters only) - test developed and tested by Cricket Australia.
Timepoint [10] 394114 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post-baseline
Secondary outcome [11] 394115 0
Test of cricket skill proficiency – bowling accuracy (completed by daughters only) - test developed and tested by Cricket Australia.
Timepoint [11] 394115 0
Baseline, 9-weeks post-baseline

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Men can participate if they:

- Are a father or father-figure of a daughter

Aside from being aged 7-12 years, there are no additional eligibility criteria for daughters
Minimum age
7 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
Men with notable pre-existing health conditions (e.g., history of cardiovascular disease, recent chest pains while exercising) that do not have a doctor's clearance prior to enrollment will not be eligible,

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
N/A
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
N/A
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis
Descriptive analyses (percentage and frequency counts) will be conducted to assess fidelity, compliance, recruitment, attendance, retention, and program satisfaction. For secondary outcomes, Paired t-test will be used to compare mean scores at pre-intervention and post-intervention, and effect sizes calculated using Cohen d. Only participants who consent to be involved in research will be included in analysis.

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
30/01/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
30/01/2021
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
31/01/2022
Actual
25/02/2022
Sample size
Target
40
Accrual to date
Final
68
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 307679 0
Government body
Name [1] 307679 0
NSW Office of Sport
Country [1] 307679 0
Australia
Funding source category [2] 307699 0
Charities/Societies/Foundations
Name [2] 307699 0
Cricket NSW Australia
Country [2] 307699 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Name
Professor Philip Morgan
Address
Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
University Drive
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 308378 0
None
Name [1] 308378 0
Address [1] 308378 0
Country [1] 308378 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 307715 0
University of Newcastle's Human Research Ethics Committee
Ethics committee address [1] 307715 0
University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee
University of Newcastle,
University Drive, Callaghan
NSW, 2308
Ethics committee country [1] 307715 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 307715 0
Approval date [1] 307715 0
18/01/2021
Ethics approval number [1] 307715 0

Summary
Brief summary
The Daughters and Dads cricket Program is a sport-specific variant of the highly successful ‘Daughters And Dads Active and Empowered program’. Specifically, the program aims to engage fathers in positive lifestyle role modelling and effective parenting strategies to improve their daughters’ skill proficiency in cricket, cricket enjoyment and participation, and social-emotional wellbeing.

The purpose of this pre-post trial is to expand the evidence-base for Daughters and Dads Cricket from intervention testing to intervention replication (i.e., the first phase of translation research) using a quasi-experimental research design.

The present study will investigate whether:
a) recruitment targets are achieved and program fidelity, compliance, satisfaction, and attendance is maintained,
b) the impact of Daughters & Dads cricket on daughters’:
o sport-specific skill proficiency (e.g., cricket skills)
o enjoyment in the sport (e.g., cricket)
o intention to continue playing the sport
o long-term engagement in the sport
Trial website
N/A
Trial related presentations / publications
N/A
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 108246 0
Prof Philip Morgan
Address 108246 0
Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
University Drive
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308
Country 108246 0
Australia
Phone 108246 0
+61249217265
Fax 108246 0
Email 108246 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 108247 0
Prof Philip Morgan
Address 108247 0
Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
University Drive
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308
Country 108247 0
Australia
Phone 108247 0
+61249217265
Fax 108247 0
Email 108247 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 108248 0
Prof Philip Morgan
Address 108248 0
Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
University Drive
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308
Country 108248 0
Australia
Phone 108248 0
+61249217265
Fax 108248 0
Email 108248 0
[email protected]

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
De-identified individual participant data will not be available for this study


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



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