NCT03579355

Effectiveness of a School-based Tobacco Prevention Program for Middle School Students in Saudi Arabia

Effectiveness of a School-based Tobacco Prevention Program for Middle School Students in Saudi Arabia: A Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 634 (actual)
• Sponsor: King Abdulaziz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluated a school-based tobacco program, "Dentists Fighting Nicotine Dependence (DFND)", to prevent the initiation of tobacco use among middle school students in Saudi Arabia using a social competences/social influence approaches.

Detailed description

A quasi-experimental controlled trial design was utilized. Eight middle schools were selected from the regional education registry; four allocated to treatment arm and four to control arm. A total of 28 seventh grade classes were included in the study; 14 served as treatment and 14 as control arms. All students present in these classes on the initial visit were invited to take part in the study \[Treatment=379; Control=255\]. The treatment arm received the new tobacco prevention program (DFND) whereas the control arm received only the regular tobacco prevention program administered by the Department of Education. DFND was delivered by trained health educators over 5 weeks, two sessions per week. Two follow up surveys were administered; at one week and at two years post-intervention. Study outcomes were current tobacco use, knowledge about tobacco, attitude toward not using tobacco, and perceived behavioral control (PBC) of tobacco use. Covariates included sex, parent education, academic performance, absenteeism, student allowance, and religiosity.

Conditions

• Tobacco Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	DFND Program	The DFND program consisted primarily of a 10-session curriculum, each session lasting about an hour. The curriculum was comprehensive and incorporated information about tobacco and its adverse health effects, social influences, and social competence skills.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-10
• Primary completion: 2012-03-30
• Completion: 2014-04-15
• First posted: 2018-07-06
• Last updated: 2018-07-06