Using Behavioral Nudges to Improve Preventive Health Behaviors That Limit COVID-19 Spread
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 45
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Hand Washing Behavior
研究概览
简要总结
This investigation is a randomized intervention trial that evaluates behavioral nudges (BN) to increase hand washing behavior and subsequently reduce COVID-19 spreading to a targeted high-risk patient population based in Wisconsin.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age 18 years or older
- •Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
- •Willingness to comply with all study procedures and lifestyle considerations and availability for the duration of the study
- •Has at least 1 risk factor associated with COVID-19 documented in their electronic medical record
- •Followed by (i.e., actively receiving care) from targeted MCW specialties (Internal Medicine, OBGYN, Surgery)
- •Access to necessary resources for participating in a technology-based activities (i.e., internet access + mobile phone or computer to complete online survey)
- •Maintains a personal address where study materials can be shipped and where participant lives full time
排除标准
- •Previous COVID-19 diagnosis or positive COVID-19 test result documented in their electronic medical record
- •Current participation in another treatment or intervention study associated with COVID-19
- •Previous documented Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder diagnosis in their electronic medical record
- •Non-English speaker
- •Patients hospitalized or incapacitated at onset of potential enrollment
- •No access to electronic platform with internet (e.g., smartphone, tablet, computer)
结局指标
主要结局
Hand Washing Behavior
时间窗: 8 weeks post-enrollment
Measured via adapted version of a previously validated questionnaire (Hygiene Inventory - 23), which specifically includes (a) 1 item about approximate hand washing frequency on an average day, with response options of whole numbers from 0-29 and an additional option of "30 or more" where higher numbers are generally considered better outcomes, (b) 10 items about hand washing behavior in various contexts, with response options of "1 - Never", "2 - Occasionally", "3 - Usually", and "4 - Always" where higher scores are considered better outcomes, and (c) 1 item about general hand hygiene using antibacterial gel or wipes, with response options of "1 - Never", "2 - Occasionally", "3 - Usually", and "4 - Always" where higher scores are considered better outcomes.
次要结局
- Clinical Outcomes - Surgery(12 weeks post-enrollment)
- Clinical Outcomes - Obstetrics & Gynecology(12 weeks post-enrollment)
- Clinical Outcomes - General/Internal Medicine(12 weeks post-enrollment)
研究者
Nicholas D. Young
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin