REDucing Influenza Among University Students, University of California at Berkeley (REDI-US)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Influenza-like Illness; Influenza

Treatments: Behavioral: Online education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00448773

CDC-NCID-20061243

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will be testing the hypothesis whether online education for UC Berkeley students on respiratory hygiene, cough etiquette, hand hygiene/awareness, as well as face mask use (while ill) will reduce the acquisition and transmission of influenza-like illness. The study will be conducted during the flu seasons 2006-7 and 2007-8.

Enrollment: 3,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Registered students
• Attending UC Berkeley at least half-time during the study period

Exclusion criteria

• Enrolled but studying remotely or abroad for all or part of the study period
• Persons less than 17 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)