Effectiveness of Hand Hygiene Educational Module among Parents in Prevention of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease on Preschool Children in Alor Gajah, Melaka
Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- Knowledge and practice on hand hygiene and HFMD among parentsPerceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived barriers among parentsHand washing practice among preschool childrenHand, Foot and Mouth Disease, hand hygiene, hand washing, intervention, parents, preschool
- Registration Number
- TCTR20200211003
- Lead Sponsor
- Principal investigator
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 268
Inclusion Criteria
i. Parents of preschool children aged 6 years old
ii. Government and non- government preschools in Alor Gajah
Exclusion Criteria
-parents of children who are cared in nurseries or day care centres
-parents of preschool children who study in preschools, which are not under the same administration with any elementary schools. This is to avoid history effect that will act as the threat to the internal validity of the study, if there are other interventions that will be conducted by the school administration in parallel with this intervention
-preschools which have received any hand hygiene interventions other than standard care in the past 1 year
-parents who are illiterate in Malay and English language.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parents' knowledge at baseline, immediate post- intervention and 3- months post- intervention Questionnaire,Parents' practice at baseline, immediate post- intervention and 3- months post- intervention Questionnaire ,Parents' perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived barriers at baseline, immediate post- intervention and 3- months post- intervention Questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Preschool children's hand washing practice at baseline, immediate post- intervention and 3- months post- intervention Questionnaire