A Pilot RCT on the Feasibility of an Online Quiz Game to Promote Tobacco-related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Among Primary School Students

NCT06812962 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: coshdrama2324
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 921
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this pilot RCT is to test the feasibility of an online quiz game to promote tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in local primary 5-6 school students. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Feasibility of intervention
• Acceptance of intervention by schools, teachers, parents and teachers
• Adherence to the 4-week intervention
• Functional online quiz platform
• Satisfaction of students and parents towards intervention Researchers will compare the questionnaire results from students to see if students doing tobacco-related questions on the online quiz platform will have better tobacco-related knowledge, higher anti-tobacco attitudes and lower intention to smoke. Students will engage in an online quiz competition for 4 weeks on tobacco-related topics for the intervention group and on healthy eating for the control group. They will complete pre-test and post-test questionnaires before and after the online quiz competition.

Conditions

Tobacco Prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of intervention

  Students and parents will be asked their comments towards intervention in the phone interview: \[Students\] 1) Did you find the quiz platform interesting or engaging? Why? 2) On a scale of 0 to 10, how much did you enjoy using the quiz platform? \[Parents\] 1) Do you think using a quiz competition format increases your child's motivation to learn? 2) Are there specific features or functionalities you think would enhance the platform for both parents and students? Students will be asked 'Do you think the interface of the online quiz competition platform is easy to use?' We will measure the number of times that the website developer or the students reported technical problems. We will also measure the participation rate of students during the online quiz competition period.

  During the post-questionnaire at 5th-6th weeks and during the phone interview at 10th-16th weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Effectiveness of intervention on tobacco-related knowledge (including ASPs)

  During the pre-questionnaire right before the intervention and post-questionnaire at 5th-6th weeks.

• Effectiveness of intervention on tobacco-related attitudes (including ASPs)

  During the pre-questionnaire right before the intervention and post-questionnaire at 5th-6th weeks.

• Effectiveness of intervention on tobacco-related intentions (including ASPs)

  During the pre-questionnaire right before the intervention and post-questionnaire at 5th-6th weeks.

• Effectiveness of intervention on SHS and THS exposure at home

  During the pre-questionnaire right before the intervention and post-questionnaire at 5th-6th weeks.

• Effectiveness of intervention on tobacco use

  During the pre-questionnaire right before the intervention and post-questionnaire at 5th-6th weeks.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Students will engage in an online quiz competition for 4 weeks on tobacco-related topics. Each day, students could answer a maximum of 5 questions.

Other: Online quiz competition

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Students will engage in an online quiz competition for 4 weeks on healthy eating-related topics. Each day, students could answer a maximum of 5 questions.

Other: Online quiz competition

Interventions

Online quiz competition OTHER

The intervention and control students participated in an online quiz game on tobacco and healthy eating topics, respectively. Each day, students could answer a maximum of 5 questions randomly selected from the respective pool of questions by the platform. The students logged onto the online platform and played the quiz competition on weekdays for 4 weeks (i.e. total of 20 days).

Control; Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Primary 5-6 students from local primary schools
• Able to read and communicate in Chinese
• Have a digital device for online access to the quiz game at home

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Local primary schools

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle investigator and associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2025
• First Posted: February 6, 2025
• Study Start: April 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2024
• Study Completion: September 1, 2024
• Last Updated: February 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)