Adapted Physical Activity, Health-related Quality of Life and Satisfaction With Care in Hospitalized Children

ACTIVHOP: Adapted Physical Activity, Health-related Quality of Life and Satisfaction With Care in Hospitalized Children; a Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of adapted physical activity intervention on health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care in hospitalized children and adolescents.

This is a randomized controlled study. The hypothesis is that children practicing adapted physical activity during their hospitalization present a higher health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care than those who do not.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Length of hospital stay (more than 3 days)

• Children or parents able to understand and read French

• No medical contra-indications to physical activity

• Children hospitalized in 3 specific departments at Nancy Children's Hospital:

  • Médecine Infantile 1 et 3(paediatrics)
  • Médecine Infantile 2 (haematology-oncology, immunology department)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique et Brûlés (orthopaedic surgery and Burned)

• Children and parents being agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• No written informed consent
• Children hospitalized less than 3 days
• Medical contra-indication to physical activity
• Children already included in that study (former hospitalization)