Effectiveness of an Adventure-based Training Programme

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: an adventure-based training programme; Other: a placebo control programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02517450

UW 12-237

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study tested the effectiveness of an adventure-based training programme in promoting the psychological well-being of primary schoolchildren. A randomised controlled trial was conducted, with 56 primary school pupils randomly assigned to the experimental group participating in the adventure-based training programme and 64 to the attention placebo control group.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hong Kong Chinese primary pupils from forms 5 and 6 of two schools were invited to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• those with a chronic illness or identified cognitive and learning problems were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The subjects had to participate an adventure-based training programme.

Treatment:

Behavioral: an adventure-based training programme

placebo control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The subjects had to participate a placebo control programme

Treatment:

Other: a placebo control programme