PI: Mark Tremblay

Study contact: [email protected]

Study contact full name: River (Nora) McRae

Research Area: Healthy Active Living and Obesity

Who to contact regarding participating: River McRae and Maia Collins

Lay Summary: Testing the App-based Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire is a multi-country CIHR funded study that will develop an app-based questionnaire and determine its accuracy in measuring physical activity among 8- to 17-year-olds in 16 low-, middle-, and high-income countries from 6 continents. Our second objective is to collect data on active play for the first time in many of these countries. In the Ottawa area, we are seeking to recruit 250 children and adolescents stratified by urban and rural areas, and their parents to participate in this study. The primary site for GAC-PAQ is University of Lethbridge. The study is approved by the University of Lethbridge and CHEO Research Ethics Boards. We are inviting children and adolescents to wear an activity monitor for 9 days and complete an app-based physical activity questionnaire before and after the 9 days. We are also asking parents/guardians to complete this questionnaire twice as well. This process would take about 10-15 minutes each time Children will complete the questionnaire and be fitted with the activity monitor at school, and parents will be sent a link to download and complete the app-based questionnaire at their convenience. Children and parent combinations that agree to enroll will be provided an email to contact our research team. The link to complete the questionnaire will be sent by the research team and participants will be asked to download the GAC-PAQ app using their Android or Apple device. All participants will also have the opportunity to indicate whether they would like to be contacted about future studies/discussions regarding the setting of research priorities. Involvement in any future discussions/research is optional and will not affect participation in this study. Children and parents will be given a $50 e-gift card from Canadian Tire ($25 each) they can use at their own convenience in appreciation of their time. All participants will have the option to receive the overall study results.