- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04309097
Reducing Eye Strain and Anxiety Using a Digital Intervention During Online Learning Class Recess Among Children at Home: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RESILIENT)
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many countries have taken the decision of school closure after the confirmation of coronavirus cases in the general population. In China, the burden of COVID-19 is among the highest in the world, with more than 80,000 cases confirmed by 11th March 2020. An estimate of 220 million children and adolescents are confined at home for weeks with inadequate level of physical activity and more susceptible to anxiety. There is also a concern of digital eye strain for many children who spend hours daily in front of a computer screen for recreation or learning purposes.
Recess represents an essential scheduled period in a school day for psychological and physical relaxation. During the unusual period of home confinement, many schools have already issued physical activity requirement and policy recommending recess and physical activity breaks. However, recess could be easily skipped by students during online learning at home.
Mobile health intervention offers a potential opportunity for capitalizing on digital technology as a feasible modality to encourage recess activities, especially in regions where social distancing is implemented as an emergency measure. The primary aim of the current study is to conduct a cluster-randomized control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel digital intervention during recess in reducing anxiety and digital eye strain compared to usual care among Chinese children during the period of home confinement.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Guangdong
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Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China, 526000
- Secondary Schools
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Grade 7 (12-13 years old) students in Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing city
- Students under home confinement and enrolled in online learning courses, during the COVID-19 outbreak
Exclusion Criteria:
- Autism Spectrum Disorders and Pervasive Developmental Delay or Disorder
- Mental Retardation
- Psychotic Disorders and Schizophrenia
- Mania or Hypomania disorders
- Suicidal behavior and/or acute plan that require higher level of care
- Participation in psychotherapy
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Digital intervention
Participants will have access to a live-streaming App that offers Recess and Exercise Advocate Program (REAP).
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REAP is a live-streaming platform that allows users to shoot short videos or photos related to their physical exercise or eye relaxation (e.g., staring out of the window) using their smartphones. The app has been optimised to be used with the iPhone or Android. When taking a online course recess, students will have access to the REAP platform that allows them to watch stay-at-home workout videos developed by exercise physiologists. Students will then be asked to create their own workout videos/photos and upload them to the live-streaming platform. When upload is completed, students will receive instant motivational messages to increase their engagement with the program. |
Active Comparator: Information-only intervention
Participants will have access to health information only.
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Participants will have access to online health information and stay-at-home workout videos.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in anxiety
Time Frame: Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Change in anxiety will be measured by the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) designed by Spence (1998).
The SCAS (45-item) is self-report scale with a 4-point Likert type, consisting of 44 items and one open-ended question.
Overall assessment is done by total score.
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Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in syndromes of digital eye strain
Time Frame: Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Syndromes of digital eye strain will be measured with the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire (CVS-Q) designed by Seguí et al (2015).
The self-reported CVS-Q questionnaire (16-item) evaluates the frequency (never, occasionally or often/always) and the intensity (moderate or intense) of 16 symptoms: burning, itching, feeling of a foreign body, tearing, excessive blinking, eye redness, eye pain, heavy eyelids, dryness, blurred vision, double vision, difficulty focusing for near vision, increased sensitivity to light, colored halos around objects, feeling that sight is worsening, and headache.
Overall assessment is done by total score.
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Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Change in sleeping quality
Time Frame: Baseline & at 2 weeks
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The PROMIS pediatric sleep disturbance questionnaire (4-item), designed by Forrest et al (2018), assesses self-reported experiences of sleep disturbance over the past 7 days.
Raw score will be converted to T-Score.
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Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Changes in time (hour) spent on different near work activities
Time Frame: Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Participants will be asked to indicate the average time in hours per day spent on each the following activities: reading, writing, computer/PAD use, smart phone, watching TV, and playing video games.
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Baseline & at 2 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Segui Mdel M, Cabrero-Garcia J, Crespo A, Verdu J, Ronda E. A reliable and valid questionnaire was developed to measure computer vision syndrome at the workplace. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Jun;68(6):662-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.01.015. Epub 2015 Jan 28.
- Forrest CB, Meltzer LJ, Marcus CL, de la Motte A, Kratchman A, Buysse DJ, Pilkonis PA, Becker BD, Bevans KB. Development and validation of the PROMIS Pediatric Sleep Disturbance and Sleep-Related Impairment item banks. Sleep. 2018 Jun 1;41(6). doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsy054.
- Wang G, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhang J, Jiang F. Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lancet. 2020 Mar 21;395(10228):945-947. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30547-X. Epub 2020 Mar 4. No abstract available.
- Spence SH. A measure of anxiety symptoms among children. Behav Res Ther. 1998 May;36(5):545-66. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7967(98)00034-5.
- Zheng Y, Wang W, Zhong Y, Wu F, Zhu Z, Tham YC, Lamoureux E, Xiao L, Zhu E, Liu H, Jin L, Liang L, Luo L, He M, Morgan I, Congdon N, Liu Y. A Peer-to-Peer Live-Streaming Intervention for Children During COVID-19 Homeschooling to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Anxiety and Eye Strain: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Apr 30;23(4):e24316. doi: 10.2196/24316.
Study record dates
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Study Registration Dates
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Study Record Updates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2020KYPJ045
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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