Educational VR Game Intervention to Enhance Hygiene Practices in Primary School Children
NCT ID: NCT07168759
Last Updated: 2025-09-11
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Basic Information
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ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
NA
2160 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-05-02
2025-12-31
Brief Summary
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The main questions the study aims to answer are, after receiving the VR game-based education intervention:
* Does VR game-based educational intervention improve hygiene-practice compliance in primary schoolchildren?
* What are the bacterial loads on primary schoolchildren's hands?
* What are the rates of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses in primary schoolchildren?
Researchers will compare the interventional group to the control group to see if VR game-based educational intervention can enhance primary schoolchildren's hygiene practices.
Participants will
* Receive in a training programme on hygiene practices through playing VR games for two weeks, 1 hour per week.
* Do a questionnaire on hygiene knowledge before and after receiving the education programme
* Provide hand swabs and saliva samples before and after receiving the education programme
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Detailed Description
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Participants will be primary schoolchildren aged 6 to 12 who can communicate and read in Chinese. To minimize selection bias, children will remain unaware of their group assignments. The sample size calculation aims for a statistical power of at least 0.8, targeting 2160 participants across 18 school clusters. Thirty-six local primary schools will be randomly assign to the intervention group or the control group in a ratio of 1:1.
The pilot phase will refine the VRG educational program based on feedback from a previous intervention. Two schools will be selected for this pilot, where trained teachers will assist in student recruitment. The main intervention will involve an VRG-based educational program delivered over two to three weeks. Children in the intervention group will engage with VRGs that cover topics such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus transmission, hygiene practices, importance of rapid testing and vaccination in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections. The control group will receive standard community health education and will be invited to participate in the VRG program after the intervention period.
Each child's involvement will last six months, with assessments occurring at baseline (T1) and at two subsequent intervals: immediately-post (T2), 1-month post (T3). Data collection will include demographic data, questionnaire to assesses hygiene knowledge, videos to record handwashing practices, hand swabs to measures bacterial loads on hands and saliva samples to tests for respiratory viruses.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
School children will participate in a VR game-based education programme
VR game -based education program
The schoolchildren in the intervention group participate in an innovative VR game-based educational programme featuring: (1) Web-based health education on (i) SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza virus transmission, (ii) proper hand and respiratory hygiene practices and (iii) the importance of rapid screening and vaccination in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections.
Control group
Schoolchildren in this group will receive the usual health education
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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VR game -based education program
The schoolchildren in the intervention group participate in an innovative VR game-based educational programme featuring: (1) Web-based health education on (i) SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza virus transmission, (ii) proper hand and respiratory hygiene practices and (iii) the importance of rapid screening and vaccination in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Able to communicate in Chinese and to read Chinese.
Exclusion Criteria
* Participated in other health educational programs related to hygiene practices 2 months or less before recruitment.
6 Years
12 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, , China
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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HMRF2025
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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