A School-based Education Programme to Reduce Salt Intake in Children and Their Families

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Volunteer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Salt reduction; Other: Control

• Registration Number: NCT01821144
• Lead Sponsor: Queen Mary University of London

Brief Summary

The study is to test whether an education programme targeted at school children can lower salt intake in children and their families. In this study, the investigators will educate children on how to reduce salt intake, and the investigators will empower children by asking them to deliver the salt reduction message home to their families, particularly children need to persuade the person who does the cooking for the whole family to cut down on the amount of salt used during food preparations. The study will involve children aged about 11 years, and their parents and grandparents in Northern China.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-29
• Primary Completion: 2014-02
• Study Completion: 2014-02
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 832

Inclusion Criteria

• All children in Grade 5 of primary schools (age about 11 years) are eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children who do not have lunch or dinner at their own home will be excluded.

Adult family members:

Inclusion Criteria:

• For each participating child, we will recruit two adult family members. All adult family members who share the same meals with the child are eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• If more than two adults in one family agree to take part in the study, we will select two of them (i.e. one male and one female) in the order of grandparents, parents, uncles and aunties.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Salt reduction	Salt reduction	Salt reduction
Control	Control	No salt awareness education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
24-h urinary sodium	4.5 month	Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in 24-h urinary sodium from baseline to the end of follow-up for children and for adults

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood pressure	4.5 month	Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in blood pressure from baseline to the end of follow-up for children and for adults.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Changzhi Medical College; 🇨🇳 Changzhi, Shanxi, China