CHIPCAT and HFMD-PREP for HFMD Prevention in Childcare Centres in Kota Kinabalu
Development and Evaluation of CHIPCAT and HFMD-PREP for HFMD Prevention in Childcare Centres in Kota Kinabalu: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is endemic in Malaysia and disproportionately affects children in childcare settings, where institutional infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity is frequently inadequate. This study develops and evaluates two linked tools: CHIPCAT (Childcare Infection Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool), which generates the Infection Prevention Capacity Index (IPCI) as an institutional capacity score, and HFMD-PREP (HFMD Prevention and Response Enhancement Programme), a structured capacity-building intervention mapped to CHIPCAT domains. Following instrument development and validation, the intervention is evaluated using a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial (SW-CRT) across 12 licensed childcare centres in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. All centres receive HFMD-PREP by the end of the study; only the timing of crossover differs by randomised sequence. The primary outcome is the change in IPCI. Secondary outcomes are staff and parent knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) scores. HFMD incidence is analysed as an exploratory secondary disease outcome. This study is also registered with the Malaysian National Medical Research Register (NMRR ID RSCH ID-26-05258-LQ3), with parallel ethics submission to the Ministry of Health Malaysia Medical Research Ethics Committee (MOH MREC).
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Anslået)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiekontakt
Studiekontakt
- Navn: Helmy Sajali @ Majali
- Telefonnummer: +601129857445
- E-mail: amiesajali@gmail.com
Studiesteder
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Sabah
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Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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Kontakt:
- Helmy Sajali @ Majali
- Telefonnummer: +601129857445
- E-mail: amiesajali@gmail.com
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Berettigelseskriterier
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Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria (centre level):
- Registered/licensed childcare or ECEC centre
- Operational for 2 years or more
- 10 or more children enrolled
- Located within Kota Kinabalu district
Exclusion Criteria (centre level):
- Planned closure or relocation during the study period
- Concurrent participation in another infection-prevention intervention
- Home-based centre with fewer than 10 children enrolled
Inclusion Criteria (individual level - staff and parents/guardians):
- Employed as childcare staff at, or parent/guardian of a child enrolled at, a participating centre
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria (individual level):
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Children are not individually enrolled at any stage; no child is approached, examined, interviewed, or identified as part of this study.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Forebyggelse
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Sekventiel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Ingen indgriben: Control period (usual practice)
Period during which a centre has not yet crossed over to HFMD-PREP. Centres continue existing HFMD prevention routines, including any standard MOH-recommended practices already in place; no centre is asked to discontinue existing prevention activities. |
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Eksperimentel: HFMD-PREP intervention period
Period following a centre's randomised crossover step, during which the centre receives HFMD-PREP (HFMD Prevention and Response Enhancement Programme), a structured six-component digital capacity-building intervention delivered to childcare providers (Track A) and parents/guardians (Track B) via the hfmdprep.my platform, mapped to the six CHIPCAT domains. |
A structured, six-component digital capacity-building intervention mapped to the six CHIPCAT domains (governance and policies; human resources and training; service delivery practices; supplies and physical environment; communication and engagement; sustainability and system integration), delivered through Track A (childcare providers) and Track B (parents/guardians) via the hfmdprep.my platform. |
Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Infection Prevention Capacity Index (IPCI)
Tidsramme: Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16
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Centre-level composite score generated by CHIPCAT (Childcare Infection Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool), calculated as the sum of item scores divided by the total maximum possible score, multiplied by 100 (range 0-100, higher scores indicate greater institutional infection prevention and control capacity). Analysed using a linear mixed-effects model with fixed effects for intervention status and time period and a random intercept for centre. |
Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Staff Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) score
Tidsramme: Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16
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Composite and subscale (knowledge, attitude, practice) scores from the Staff HFMD KAP questionnaire (Hamirudin et al., 2021), expressed as a percentage of subscale maximum. Analysed by linear mixed-effects model with random intercepts for individual nested within centre. |
Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16
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Parent/Guardian Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) score
Tidsramme: Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16
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Composite and subscale (knowledge, attitude, practice) scores from the Parent/Guardian HFMD KAP questionnaire (Abd Ghani & Mansor, 2024), expressed as a percentage of subscale maximum. Analysed by linear mixed-effects model with random intercepts for individual nested within centre. |
Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16
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HFMD incidence (exploratory secondary outcome)
Tidsramme: Weeks 0 through 16 (aggregated across the 5 measurement periods)
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Aggregated, centre-level HFMD case counts expressed as cases per 100 child-months, extracted from routine centre records. No individual child is enrolled or identified. AnalysWeeks 0 through 16 (aggregated across the 5 measurement periods)ed using Poisson or negative binomial models as an exploratory secondary disease outcome; the trial is not powered on this endpoint. |
Weeks 0 through 16 (aggregated across the 5 measurement periods)
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Anslået)
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Anslået)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Faktiske)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- CHIPCAT-HFMDPREPv.05.07.2026
- NMRR ID-26-03135-GPA (Registry Identifier: National Medical Research Register (NMRR), Malaysia)
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