An RCT of a Smartphone-based TID Programme

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco-related Communications; Tobacco Industry Denormalisation Beliefs

Treatments: Other: Smartphone-based messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03342768

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to test the effect a smartphone-based intervention on primary school students and their parents' attitudes towards tobacco industry and their tobacco-related communications.

Enrollment: 163 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents and children should all understand Chinese.
• Parents should have a smartphone and use WhatsApp (a smartphone-based app)

Exclusion criteria

• n/a

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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163 participants in 2 patient groups

TID

Experimental group

Description:

Messages will be sent 1-2 times per week containing information that aims to denormalise the tobacco industry.

Treatment:

Other: Smartphone-based messages

Sugar sweetened beverages

Other group

Description:

Messages will be sent 1-2 times per week containing information on the adverse health effects of sugar sweetened beverages.

Treatment:

Other: Smartphone-based messages