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CHIPCAT and HFMD-PREP for HFMD Prevention in Childcare Centres in Kota Kinabalu

9. oktober 2026 opdateret af: Helmy Sajali, MD, MPH

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

Ikke rekrutterer endnu

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Anslået)

780

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiekontakt

Studiesteder

    • Sabah
      • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
        • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

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:

-

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Forebyggelse
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Sekventiel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
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.

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

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Infection Prevention Capacity Index (IPCI)
Tidsramme: Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16

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

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Staff Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) score
Tidsramme: Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16

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
Parent/Guardian Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) score
Tidsramme: Baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16

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
HFMD incidence (exploratory secondary outcome)
Tidsramme: Weeks 0 through 16 (aggregated across the 5 measurement periods)

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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Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Anslået)

1. oktober 2026

Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)

1. marts 2027

Studieafslutning (Anslået)

1. juni 2028

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

8. september 2026

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

18. september 2026

Først opslået (Faktiske)

24. september 2026

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

13. oktober 2026

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

9. oktober 2026

Sidst verificeret

1. oktober 2026

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

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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