Hand Hygiene Intervention Program on Primary School Students' Health Outcomes and Absenteeism in School

NCT04267952 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 509055
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 159
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The most common infections in schools are acute respiratory infections (colds, pharyngitis, influenza and others) and diarrheal diseases. The incidence of these infections may also be an important cause of school absenteeism, leading to negative outcomes in both education and health. WHO states that handwashing a well-known primary infection control measure, is the most important hygiene measure to prevent the spread of infection when handwashing is done with soap and water. Since behavioral choices that determine lifestyle are made in childhood, it is important that health education in hand hygiene be implemented as early as possible to improve healthy behaviors. In this context, schools are important structures for information and behavior change about water, sanitation and hygiene interventions. Planned Behavior Theory (PBT) states that intention is the main precursor of behavior. According to the theory, intention is guided by three independent variables (perceived behavior control, attitudes and subjective norms), and intention formation leads to the development of behavior. The theory has been used in a study to improve hand hygiene behavior in health workers, but it has not been used in the literature to improve hygiene behaviors in children. Researches indicate that students who do not attend school frequently or for a long time have difficulty in mastering the subject described in the lesson and that school absenteeism is an issue that should be emphasized in education. Therefore, hand hygiene has a simultaneous effect that improves both education and health and contributes to a safe and healthy learning environment. The aim of this research is; To test the effect of hand hygiene intervention program based on Planned Behavior Theory on students' health outcomes and school absenteeism.

Conditions

Respiratory Tract; Infection, Upper (Acute); Hand Hygiene; Absenteeism

Keywords

Health education; Theory of planned behavior; Primary schools

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Group A Streptekok infections in rapid antigen test

  Children with symptoms of infection will be referred to the family physician to have a rapid antigen test and to report the result to the researcher.

  Total 20 weeks

• Incidence of symptoms of acute upper respiratory tract infection

  Ten identified upper respiratory tract symptoms (fever, sore throat, runny nose, etc.) will be recorded weekly by family of children. The researcher will receive symptom information from the family via weekly sms

  Total 20 weeks

• school absenteeism

  The number of days the child does not attend school due to illness and the percentage of absenteeism

  Total 20 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Pollution rate of hands

  From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression assessed up to 7 months

Study Arms (2)

first group

EXPERIMENTAL

Hand hygiene intervention program prepared by using planned behavior theory will be applied to the students in this group.

Behavioral: Hand hygiene intervention program developed according to planned behavior theory

second group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Students in this group will be given classic hand hygiene training

Behavioral: Classical hand hygiene education

Interventions

Hand hygiene intervention program developed according to planned behavior theory BEHAVIORAL

The perception of the importance of hand hygiene with expression of damages of microorganisms (stories about illnesses etc.). Visually assisted hand hygiene training experiments to ensure the visibility of microorganisms in the environment. Demonstration and application of the correct hand washing technique with music. All applications will take place in three lessons (120-minute).

first group

Classical hand hygiene education BEHAVIORAL

expression of hand hygiene with verbal presentation method in a 40-minute lecture

second group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• primary school student (especially third and fourth class student)

You may not qualify if:

• people with chronic disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Izmir Katip Celebi University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gülçin Uyanık

Izmir, Cigli, 35620, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Tai JW, Mok ES, Ching PT, Seto WH, Pittet D. Nurses and physicians' perceptions of the importance and impact of healthcare-associated infections and hand hygiene: a multi-center exploratory study in Hong Kong. Infection. 2009 Aug;37(4):320-33. doi: 10.1007/s15010-009-8245-x. Epub 2009 Jul 27.

  PMID: 19636497 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Infections; Health Education

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Şafak Dağhan

  Ege University, Nursing Faculty

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participation will not know whether they are in the experimental or control group.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 21, 2019
• First Posted: February 13, 2020
• Study Start: September 9, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 29, 2020
• Study Completion: June 29, 2020
• Last Updated: July 29, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)