Digital Health Game as an Intervention Supporting Tobacco-related Health Literacy in Early Adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Prevention
• Interventions: Behavioral: Health game; Behavioral: Web page

• Registration Number: NCT02717910
• Lead Sponsor: University of Turku

Brief Summary

This feasibility study evaluates acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a digital health game as an intervention supporting tobacco-related health literacy in 10- to 13-year-old early adolescents. One third of the study participants will receive the health game, on third a web page with similar content and one third will act as a control group without intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03
• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-03-18
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-24
• Primary Completion: 2016-06
• Study Completion: 2016-06
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 151

Inclusion Criteria

• Goes to school at 4th, 5th or 6th grade
• Understands and can communicate either in Finnish, Swedish or English
• Has daily access to either a smart phone or tablet computer during free time

Exclusion Criteria

• Takes part to specialized education

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health game group	Health game	Participants in this arm will receive the health game intervention including both 20 minutes guided training session at school and 2 weeks free usage of the health game during free time.
Web page group	Web page	Participants in this arm will receive the web page intervention including both 20 minutes guided training session at school and 2 weeks free usage of the web page during free time.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in anti-smoking self-efficacy	At baseline and at 2 weeks	Assessed with Anti-smoking self-efficacy scale (ASSES)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in tobacco use-related motives questionnaire scores	At baseline and at 2 weeks	Assessed with a 4 point likert-scale questionnaire
Self-assessed interest towards the intervention	At 2 weeks	Assessed with a 4 point likert-scale questionnaire
Change in smoking outcome expectations	At baseline and at 2 weeks	Assessed with Smoking Outcome Expectation scale (SOES)
Actual use of the intervention	During 2 weeks period	Actual use of the intervention is tracked with log files
Change in attitudes towards tobacco use questionnaire scores	At baseline and at 2 weeks	Assessed with a 4 point likert-scale questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Primary schools (n=6); 🇫🇮 Three cities, Southwest Finland, Finland