An RCT of a Smartphone-based TID Programme
10 de septiembre de 2018 actualizado por: Dr. Daniel Sai-Yin Ho, The University of Hong Kong
A Smartphone Messaging Programme for Tobacco Industry Denormalisation - a Randomised Controlled Trial
The study aims to test the effect a smartphone-based intervention on primary school students and their parents' attitudes towards tobacco industry and their tobacco-related communications.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Intervención / Tratamiento
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
163
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
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Ubicaciones de estudio
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Local primary schools
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Niño
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Todos
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Parents and children should all understand Chinese.
- Parents should have a smartphone and use WhatsApp (a smartphone-based app)
Exclusion Criteria:
- n/a
Plan de estudios
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¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Otro
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Experimental: TID
Messages will be sent 1-2 times per week containing information that aims to denormalise the tobacco industry.
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For the TID arm, the messages' contents include the tobacco industry's (TI's) anti-smoking campaigns that made smoking more grown-up and more appealing to youth; the TI's role in smoking in movies; etc. For the sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) arm, the messages' contents include the disease conditions linked to SSBs, and the interference of sugar industry in scientific research. |
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Otro: Sugar sweetened beverages
Messages will be sent 1-2 times per week containing information on the adverse health effects of sugar sweetened beverages.
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For the TID arm, the messages' contents include the tobacco industry's (TI's) anti-smoking campaigns that made smoking more grown-up and more appealing to youth; the TI's role in smoking in movies; etc. For the sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) arm, the messages' contents include the disease conditions linked to SSBs, and the interference of sugar industry in scientific research. |
¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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TID beliefs in parents
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Parents will report their opinions towards 4 sentences: 1) Tobacco companies are a respectable industry; 2) the tobacco industry does everything it can to get young people to smoke; 2) the tobacco industry use many tactics to resist tobacco control regulations; 4) the tobacco industry deceived the public for financial interests.
All the 4 questions have 5 options from definitely yes to definitely no.
The options will be recoded into 0-4 or 4-0, as appropriate, with higher scores indicating more negative attitudes towards the industry.
A sum of scores from the 4 questions will be deemed a measurement of TID beliefs.
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1 month
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TID beliefs in children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Students will report their opinions towards 4 sentences: 1) Tobacco companies are a respectable industry; 2) the tobacco industry does everything it can to get young people to smoke; 2) the tobacco industry use many tactics to resist tobacco control regulations; 4) the tobacco industry deceived the public for financial interests.
All the 4 questions have 5 options from definitely yes to definitely no.
The options will be recoded into 0-4 or 4-0, as appropriate, with higher scores indicating more negative attitudes towards the industry.
A sum of scores from the 4 questions will be deemed a measurement of TID beliefs.
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1 month
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Tobacco related communication reported by parents
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Parents will report whether they said the following to children in the past 30 days: 1) harm of smoking 2) harm of secondhand smoking 3) criticise smoking behaviour 4) approve tobacco control measures.
Each of the messages will be analyse as a binary outcome.
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1 month
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Sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) related communication reported by parents
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Parents will report whether they said the following to children in the past 30 days: 1) harm of SSB 2) certain kind of drinks contain sugar 3) don't drink or drink less SSB.
Each of the messages will be analyse as a binary outcome.
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1 month
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Tobacco related communication reported by children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Students will report whether they heard the following from parents in the past 30 days: 1) harm of smoking 2) harm of secondhand smoking 3) criticize smoking behaviour 4) approve tobacco control measures.
Each of the messages will be analyse as a binary outcome.
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1 month
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SSB related communication reported by children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Students will report whether they heard the following from parents in the past 30 days: 1) harm of SSB 2) certain kind of drinks contain sugar 3) don't drink or drink less SSB.
Each of the messages will be analyse as a binary outcome.
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1 month
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Intention to smoke in children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Two questions will be used to assess this outcome: 1) do you think you will smoke in the next 12 months?
2) If one of your good friends offers you a cigarette, will you smoke it?
Response options are definitely not/probably not/probably yes/definitely yes.
Those choosing options other than "definitely not" for either of the questions will be deemed having intention to smoke; the other students will be deemed having no intention to smoke.
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1 month
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Home exposure to secondhand smoke in children reported by children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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One question will be asked: 1) On how many of the past 7 days did someone smoke near you at home? (Options 0 day/1/2/3/4/5/6/7).
The responses will dichotomised into a binary indicator of secondhand smoke exposure (no/any) and analysed as an outcome.
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1 month
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Home exposure to secondhand smoke in children reported by parents
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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One question will be asked: 1) On how many of the past 7 days did someone smoke near your children at home? (Options 0 day/1/2/3/4/5/6/7).
The responses will dichotomised into a binary indicator of secondhand smoke exposure (no/any) and analysed as an outcome.
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1 month
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Parents' support for tobacco control
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Parents will report their opinions towards 4 sentences: 1) government should adopt plain packaging; 2) government should impose stronger regulation on tobacco; 3) government should strengthen the prevention of the harm of tobacco.
The options were strongly support/support/neutral/oppose/strongly oppose.
The options will be recoded into 4-0, with higher scores indicating stronger support for tobacco control.
A sum of scores from the 4 questions will be deemed a measurement of parents' support for tobacco control.
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1 month
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Negative attitude towards smoking in parents
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Parents will be asked "your attitude towards smoking is" with options of very positive/positive/neutral/negative/very negative.
The options will be dichotomised as very negative vs others (negative/neutral/positive/very positive) for analysis.
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1 month
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Negative attitude towards smoking in children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Children will be asked "your attitude towards smoking is" with options of very positive/positive/neutral/negative/very negative.
The options will be dichotomised as very negative vs others (negative/neutral/positive/very positive) for analysis.
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1 month
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Past 7-day consumption of SSB and water in children reported by children
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Children will be asked "On how many of the past 7 days did you drink SSBs?" and "On how many of the past 7 days did you drink water?"
For both questions, the options were 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 days.
These two variables will be analysed as both binary (No (0 day) vs any (1/2/3/4/5/6/7 days)) and continuous variables.
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1 month
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Past 7-day consumption of SSB and water in children reported by parents
Periodo de tiempo: 1 month
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Parents will be asked "On how many of the past 7 days did you drink SSBs?" and "On how many of the past 7 days did you drink water?"
For both questions, the options were 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 days.
These two variables will be analysed as both binary (No (0 day) vs any (1/2/3/4/5/6/7 days)) and continuous variables.
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1 month
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Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
22 de marzo de 2018
Finalización primaria (Actual)
29 de junio de 2018
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
29 de junio de 2018
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
8 de noviembre de 2017
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
9 de noviembre de 2017
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
17 de noviembre de 2017
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
12 de septiembre de 2018
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
10 de septiembre de 2018
Última verificación
1 de septiembre de 2018
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No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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