Development and Evaluation of an Adult Burn Prevention Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Burns
• Interventions: Other: multimedia burn awareness campaign

• Registration Number: NCT01608581
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Queensland

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a targeted burn prevention message on burn safety knowledge and behavior.

Detailed Description

Flammable liquid burns comprise 23% of admissions to our burn center. This was a project to test the uptake of the message "Don't be a Flaming Fool" delivered via multi-media campaign.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-04
• Study Completion: 2011-04
• Study First Submitted: 2012-05-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2012-05-31
• Status Verified: 2012-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2012-06-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 1637

Inclusion Criteria

• male 16 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

• males less than 16 years of age
• females

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
exposure to multi-media campaign	multimedia burn awareness campaign	A multimedia campaign highlighting dangers of gasoline and fire was delivered to an intervention region in the state of Queensland

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in burn safety knowledge at 3 months	Pre intervention, 3 months post intervention	The changes in knowledge regarding the dangers of using petrol or gasoline before and after a media campaign
Changes in burn safety knowledge at 12 months	pre-intervention and 12 months post-interevention	The changes in knowledge regarding the dangers of using petrol or gasoline before and after a media campaign

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital; 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia