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ifeLab Southampton: improving health behaviours in teenagers

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Risk reduction of non-communicable diseases, with a focus on cardiovascular disease
Circulatory System
Non-communicable diseases
Registration Number
ISRCTN71951436
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Southampton
Brief Summary

2015 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292675 2021 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33951086/ (added 06/05/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
3119
Inclusion Criteria

1. Registered on roll at participating school (all state secondary schools in the region are eligible for inclusion)
2. Year 9 student (aged 13–14 years)
3. Middle ability science student (teacher's classification)

Exclusion Criteria

1. School has participated in the LifeLab programme in the previous year
2. Student has attended LifeLab as part of a previous class trip

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> Nutrition and lifestyle literacy based on the critical nutrition literacy scale developed by Guttersrud et al, adapted for use by teenagers and supplemented with broader lifestyle questions<br><br> Outcomes will be measured using a questionnaire delivered at 12 months following the LifeLab intervention.<br><br> Improving measurement in nutrition literacy research using Rasch modelling: examining construct validity of stage-specific 'critical nutrition literacy' scales.<br> Guttersrud O, Dalane JØ, Pettersen S. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Apr;17(4):877-83<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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