The Hope Soap Study: a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa

University of Cape Town0 sites288 target enrollmentSeptember 1, 2014

ConditionsHand-washing Behavior Diarrhea

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Hand-washing Behavior
Sponsor: University of Cape Town
Enrollment: 288
Primary Endpoint: Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 8 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 1, 2014

End Date

December 15, 2015

Last Updated

8 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Cape Town

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Brendan Maughan-Brown

Senior Research Officer

University of Cape Town

Eligibility Criteria

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack

Time Frame: 8 weeks

Hands washed unprompted prior to eating a snack

Secondary Outcomes

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)