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Prevalence of tobacco smoking and the knowledge and attitudes on prevention of tobacco smoking among schooling adolescents and effect of an educational intervention to prevent tobacco smoking among adolescents in Kandy district
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2018/026
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Mar 03, 2019
Scientific Title of Trial
Prevalence of tobacco smoking and the knowledge and attitudes on prevention of tobacco smoking among schooling adolescents and effect of an educational intervention to prevent tobacco smoking among adolescents in Kandy district
Public Title of Trial
A non randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of an education programme in changing attitudes to prevent smoking among schooling adolescents in the Kandy district
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Tobacco smoking
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
Smoking prevention trial among adolescents in the Kandy district
Universal Trial Number
U1111-1216-1200
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
Ref. No: 2017/EC/86 (Ethics review committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya)
What is the research question being addressed?
Can improving knowledge and attitudes on tobacco smoking via an educational intervention prevent the habit of smoking among schooling adolescents in the Kandy district?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomized controlled trial
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Active
Assignment
Parallel
Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention(s) planned
Intervention is an educational programme delivered via life skills teaching sessions to grade 9 students implemented during school hours. There will be four lessons of 40 minutes conducted over 4 consecutive weeks.
There will be an interventional arm and non interventional (control arm). These arms will be selected from schools of two separate educational zones in the Kandy district.
Intervention arm will receive routine life skills lessons including the educational intervention. Non interventional arms will receive only the life skills lessons.
A pre interventional assessment of knowledge and attitudes will be carried out 1 weeks prior to the start of the intervention.
A 6-8 hour seminar will be conducted to teachers beforehand in the form of lesson plans to convey what information should be delivered to the students during the above mentioned education programme.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Private schools in Kandy district
Primary outcome(s)
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1.
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[ One week and three months following the intervention ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
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1.
None |
[ None ] |
Target number/sample size
2896 (1448 students in each arm)
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2018-09-01
Anticipated end date
2018-12-15
Date of first enrollment
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Pending
Funding source
None (Investigator funded)
Regulatory approvals
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2017-12-21
Approval number
2017/EC/86
Details of Ethics Review Committee
| Name: | Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya |
| Institutional Address: | Galaha Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka. |
| Telephone: | +94-812396361 |
| Email: | chairpersonierc@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
Dr. H.W.S.R. Rambukwella
Postgraduate trainee in MD Community Medicine
Regional Health Training Centre,
Kadugannawa,
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94812396490
Mob: +94718368758
Fax: +94812389106
roshanrambukwella1@gmail.com
Contact Person for Public Queries
Dr. Devani S. Dissanayake
Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Tel: +94812396490
Mob: +94772094548
Fax: +94812389106
devanisaku@gmail.com
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
IPD sharing plan description
Not available
Study protocol available
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
Brief summary of results
