NCT03178227

Smokerface Mirroring in Brazil RCT

Randomized Trial of a Photoaging Mirroring Intervention to Prevent Smoking in Secondary Schools in Brazil - Study Protocol

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Giessen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Before February 2018 the baseline survey is conducted in about 60 class in Brazilian secondary schools. These classes are randomized to control and intervention group in a 1/1 manner. A few weeks thereafter medical students from the local medical school visit the schools and perform a smoking prevention intervention called "photoaging mirroring intervention" which takes about 45 minutes. One month and six months after the intervention the intervention group receives another anonymous questionnaire monitoring smoking status. The primary endpoint is the difference in the chance of smoking prevalence between the two groups.

Detailed description

Before February 2018 the baseline survey is conducted in about 60 class in Brazilian secondary schools. These classes are randomized to control and intervention group in a 1/1 manner. A few weeks thereafter medical students from the local medical school visit the schools and perform a smoking prevention intervention called "photoaging mirroring intervention" which takes about 45 minutes. One month and six months after the intervention the intervention group receives another anonymous questionnaire monitoring smoking status. The primary endpoint is the difference in the chance of smoking prevalence between the two groups.

Conditions

• Smoking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Photoaging Mirroring Intervention	Medical students perform "mirroring" with the pupils in the schools where they shoot selfies with tablets and photoage them to future non-smokers vs. future smokers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2017-06-06
• Last updated: 2017-06-06

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: Brazil, Germany