The Hope Soap Study: a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 288
- 主要终点
- Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack
研究概览
简要总结
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.
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
- 3 Years 至 9 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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)
排除标准
- •Enrollment in an ECD program
研究组 & 干预措施
Hope Soap group
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
干预措施: Hope Soap (Combination Product)
Control group
Children in control households received a colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it.
干预措施: Control group soap (Combination Product)
结局指标
主要结局
Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack
时间窗: 8 weeks
Hands washed unprompted prior to eating a snack
次要结局
- Questionnaire data on hand washing prior to meals (scale of 1-10)(8 weeks)
- Questionnaire data on general soap usage when washing hands (scale of 1-10)(8 weeks)
- Questionnaire data on experience of illness (13 items)(2 weeks)
- Questionnaire data on hand washing after using the toilet (scale of 1-10)(8 weeks)
研究者
Brendan Maughan-Brown
Senior Research Officer
University of Cape Town