The Hope Soap Study: a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand-washing Behavior; Diarrhea
• Interventions: Combination Product: Control group soap; Combination Product: Hope Soap

• Registration Number: NCT03280771
• Lead Sponsor: University of Cape Town

Brief Summary

The Hope Soap Study is a randomised-control pilot study of a hand-washing intervention in which children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2014-12-15
• Study Completion: 2015-12-15
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-08
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 288

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in the Family-in-Focus program
• Caregiver provided informed consent
• the age-eligible children were not involved in any other sort of ECD program (e.g. crèche or other day-care)

Exclusion Criteria

• Enrollment in an ECD program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	Control group soap	Children in control households received a colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it.
Hope Soap group	Hope Soap	Children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack	8 weeks	Hands washed unprompted prior to eating a snack

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Questionnaire data on hand washing prior to meals (scale of 1-10)	8 weeks	A score of 1-10 of hand washing prior to eating meals
Questionnaire data on general soap usage when washing hands (scale of 1-10)	8 weeks	A score of 1-10 of soap usage when hands are washed
Questionnaire data on experience of illness (13 items)	2 weeks	A score of 1-13 based on self-reported symptoms of illness
Questionnaire data on hand washing after using the toilet (scale of 1-10)	8 weeks	A score of 1-10 of hand washing after using the toilet