FitSkills: Physical Activity and Participation Data for Young People with Disability

Data from a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial evaluating the FitSkills community-based physical activity intervention. The dataset supports the findings of a 2025 publication in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. It was authored by Nora Shields and colleagues and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze intervention attendance patterns based on the trial's focus on participation.
• Model the relationship between community-based physical activity and outcomes for young people with disability.
• Replicate statistical analyses from the associated 2025 publication.
• Conduct secondary analysis on factors influencing intervention adherence mentioned in the trial description.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (2025).
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.
• File is a structured XLSX spreadsheet (138.7 KB), suggesting a defined format.

Limitations

• Column names and data dictionary are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for some analyses.
• The dataset's 138.7 KB size indicates a limited scope, likely containing summary or processed trial data rather than raw individual records.

Provenance

Source

figshare, associated with the publication 'A community-based physical activity intervention (FitSkills) can improve participation attendance of young people with disability: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.'

Collection Method

Collected during a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:20:56.