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School-EduSaltA School-based Education Programme to Reduce Salt Intake in Children and Their Families (School-EduSalt)

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What is being tested

Control

+ Salt reduction

OtherBehavioral
Who is being recruted

Over 9 Years
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How is the trial designed

Prevention Study

Interventional
Study Start: March 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorQueen Mary University of London
Last updated: January 10, 2023
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Study start date: March 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The study is to test whether an education programme targeted at school children can lower salt intake in children and their families. In this study, the investigators will educate children on how to reduce salt intake, and the investigators will empower children by asking them to deliver the salt reduction message home to their families, particularly children need to persuade the person who does the cooking for the whole family to cut down on the amount of salt used during food preparations. The study will involve children aged about 11 years, and their parents and grandparents in Northern China.

Principal SponsorQueen Mary University of London
Last updated: January 10, 2023
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

832 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Prevention Study

Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 9 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

Children Inclusion Criteria: All children in Grade 5 of primary schools (age about 11 years) are eligible for the study. Exclusion Criteria: Children who do not have lunch or dinner at their own home will be excluded. Adult family members: Inclusion Criteria: For each participating child, we will recruit two adult family members. All adult family members who share the same meals with the child are eligible for the study. Exclusion Criteria: If more than two adults in one family agree to take part in the study, we will select two of them (i.e. one male and one female) in the order of grandparents, parents, uncles and aunties.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

No salt awareness education

Group II

Experimental
Salt reduction

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Changzhi Medical College

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CompletedOne Study Center