Effectiveness of a Online Education Material to Improve Dengue Knowledge and Health-Seeking Intention
Effectiveness of an Online Education Material to Improve Dengue Knowledge and Health-Seeking Intention Among the General Population: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial Via Facebook
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Brief Summary
Dengue is an endemic infectious disease in Malaysia. Delays in seeking treatment and improper self-care contribute to dengue complications and mortality. A mobile app (Dengue Aid) was developed to educate and empower patients to perform evidence-based self-care when having dengue fever. DengueAid is hypothesised to improve people's knowledge and health-seeking intention on dengue. This will be evaluated via an online randomised controlled trial. Adults aged 18 and above who have Facebook, an android smartphone and understand either English or Malay language will be recruited through Facebook advertisements. Eligible participants would be randomized to either using the DengueAid app (intervention) or MyHEALTH website (control). An online randomizer tool will be used to randomize participants into the intervention or control group. Participants in both arms would complete a post-intervention online questionnaire (knowledge and health-seeking intention) three days after recruitment.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2023
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 14, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 22, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 6, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 6, 2023
CompletedDecember 22, 2022
December 1, 2022
4 months
November 14, 2022
December 20, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Knowledge on Dengue
Mean knowledge score on dengue (0 to 25, higher score means better outcome)
3 days follow up after enrollment
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Health-seeking intention when having dengue fever
3 days follow up after enrollment
Study Arms (2)
DengueAid intervention group
EXPERIMENTALThe participants in this arm would be given the DengueAid mobile app which can be downloaded through Google Play
MyHealth website control group
ACTIVE COMPARATORThe participants in this arm would be required to use the MyHealth dengue website
Interventions
•Education materials regarding dengue fever and self-care. The education section (My Dengue Knowledge) consists of seven modules (dengue essentials, risk, symptoms, aedes mosquito, self-care, prevention and interesting facts) with gamification properties. Each module contains a series of multiple-choice questions. After answering each question, the user would be instantly notified if they had answered the question correctly and be provided with some facts related to the question. A progress meter would allow users to keep track of each module answered. A medal would be awarded to users who have completed 100% of each module. The self-care section consists of basic information about dengue fever and points to look out for self-care. It contains information on dengue fever phases, signs of dengue, importance of keeping hydrated, complementary therapy, medicine to avoid and prevention practices.
MyHealth is developed by Ministry of Health, Malaysia (http://www.myhealth.gov.my/en/dengue-fever/) to provide information on dengue.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Have a social media account
- Have an android smartphone
- Understand English or Malay
You may not qualify if:
- Hearing and speech impairment
- Cognitive impairment
- Had dengue before
- Healthcare staff
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Malaya Medical Centre
Kuala Lumpur, 59100, Malaysia
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Chin Hai Teo
Universiti Malaya
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 14, 2022
First Posted
December 22, 2022
Study Start
January 1, 2023
Primary Completion
May 6, 2023
Study Completion
May 6, 2023
Last Updated
December 22, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-12