CARTOON: CoronAviRus (COVID-19) educaTional prOgram fOr childreN

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychological Stress; Pediatric Psychiatric Disorder; Covid19

Treatments: Other: Educational Program (CARTOON)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04724616

2128/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study aims to investigate whether our CoronAviRus educaTional prOgram fOr children (CARTOON) facilitates the adherence to hygiene measures and is feasible to dispel fear in preschool children (3-6 years old) during the pandemic.

Full description

This prospective randomized controlled trial will be performed at four kindergartens in Vienna, Austria. About 60 children between three and six years of age attending kindergarten will be included in the study. Prior inclusion in the study eligible adults have to sign a parental consent form. We will randomly assign 30 children to the intervention group (n=30) and 30 children to the control group (n=30). Depending on the randomization (intervention group vs. control group), children either receive our CARTOON (intervention group) or no educational training (control group).

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children between three and six years who are attending kindergarten
• consent of the parents and the participants

Exclusion criteria

• physically unable to complete any of the training exercises
• German skills not good enough to follow the instructions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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57 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants received no specific educational program

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received our educational program for five days, with one teaching session per day. Every teaching session will be conducted for 60 minutes in a group of up to 6 children by a trained member of our staff.

Treatment:

Other: Educational Program (CARTOON)