Digital Health Game as an Intervention Supporting Tobacco-related Health Literacy in Early Adolescents

October 25, 2016 updated by: Heidi Parisod, University of Turku

Digital Health Game as an Intervention Supporting Tobacco-related Health Literacy in Early Adolescents: a Feasibility Study

This feasibility study evaluates acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a digital health game as an intervention supporting tobacco-related health literacy in 10- to 13-year-old early adolescents. One third of the study participants will receive the health game, on third a web page with similar content and one third will act as a control group without intervention.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

151

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Finland
    • Southwest Finland
      • Three cities, Southwest Finland, Finland
        • Primary schools (n=6)

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years to 13 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Goes to school at 4th, 5th or 6th grade
  • Understands and can communicate either in Finnish, Swedish or English
  • Has daily access to either a smart phone or tablet computer during free time

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Takes part to specialized education

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Health game group
Participants in this arm will receive the health game intervention including both 20 minutes guided training session at school and 2 weeks free usage of the health game during free time.
Behavioral: Health game
Health game intervention consists of 20 minutes guided training session with the health game at school and 2 weeks free usage of the health game via own smart phone or tablet computer during free time. The health game includes textual information about the consequences of tobacco use, but also visualized elements that aim at supporting understanding of the information, and motivation and ability to use the information in daily life situations. The visualized content is presented in a format of a game including tasks, rules, goals, rewards and opponents. There are also sound effects and background music included in the game.
Sham Comparator: Web page group
Participants in this arm will receive the web page intervention including both 20 minutes guided training session at school and 2 weeks free usage of the web page during free time.
Behavioral: Web page
Web page intervention consists of 20 minutes guided training session with the web page at school and 2 weeks free usage of the web page via own smart phone or tablet computer during free time. The web page includes textual information about the consequences of tobacco use, but also visualized elements that aim at supporting understanding of the information, and motivation and ability to use the information in daily life situations. The visualized elements are presented with pictures and video clips. These visualized elements do NOT contain game elements (NO activating tasks, rules, goals, rewards or opponents). The video clips contain sound effects, but no background music.
No Intervention: Group with no intervention
The participants in this arm will receive no intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in anti-smoking self-efficacy
Time Frame: At baseline and at 2 weeks
Assessed with Anti-smoking self-efficacy scale (ASSES)
At baseline and at 2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in smoking outcome expectations
Time Frame: At baseline and at 2 weeks
Assessed with Smoking Outcome Expectation scale (SOES)
At baseline and at 2 weeks
Change in attitudes towards tobacco use questionnaire scores
Time Frame: At baseline and at 2 weeks
Assessed with a 4 point likert-scale questionnaire
At baseline and at 2 weeks
Change in tobacco use-related motives questionnaire scores
Time Frame: At baseline and at 2 weeks
Assessed with a 4 point likert-scale questionnaire
At baseline and at 2 weeks
Actual use of the intervention
Time Frame: During 2 weeks period
Actual use of the intervention is tracked with log files
During 2 weeks period
Self-assessed interest towards the intervention
Time Frame: At 2 weeks
Assessed with a 4 point likert-scale questionnaire
At 2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Turku

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 14, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 18, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

March 24, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 26, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 25, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • NTSF2016

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