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Registration number
ACTRN12614001179628
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
8/10/2014
Date registered
11/11/2014
Date last updated
11/11/2014
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The effectiveness of an intervention promoting water consumption among primary school students: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Scientific title
A cluster-randomized controlled to compare the efficacy between receiving a social-network implemented intervention and none of the intervention on water and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption in primary school students
Secondary ID [1] 285468 0
None
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
water and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption 293242 0
overweight/ obesity 293340 0
Condition category
Condition code
Diet and Nutrition 293511 293511 0 0
Obesity
Public Health 293606 293606 0 0
Health promotion/education

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Selection procedure: Along with the baseline questionnaire, the children in the experimental schools completed peer nominations questions (whom they “respected”, “wanted to be like”, “looked up to”, “went to for advice”, and regarded as “good leaders”) to identify the most influential children in their classroom. Fifteen percent of boys and 15% of girls with the most nominations over all questions were invited for to be trained as peer motivators.

Training: The training was delivered by the experimenter in groups of max. 12 children in a one 90-minute session during school hours. The aim of the training was to give the most influential children the knowledge and skills to promote water consumption within their social networks. The objectives of the training were: (1) to emphasize the benefits of water, (2) to encourage peer motivators to consume more water, and (3) to teach peer motivators skills to promote water consumption within their social network. The children were taught skills to promote water consumption by discussing possible ways through which they can encourage their peers to drink more water.

follow-up sessions: The peer motivators were asked to promote water consumption within their social networks during eight weeks. The experimenters offered support at two school-based follow-up sessions (one and four weeks after the training). The purpose of the follow-up visits was to (1) offer the peer motivators visible support and resolve any problems they experienced in their role and (2) refresh the information that was discussed in the training.
Intervention code [1] 290398 0
Behaviour
Comparator / control treatment
The control condition schools received none of the intervention.
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 293326 0
self-reported water consumption (i.e., average amount of glasses on a day)
Timepoint [1] 293326 0
baseline and 9 weeks
Primary outcome [2] 293327 0
self-reported sugar-sweetened beverages consumption (i.e., average amount of glasses on a normal day). The question was asked separately for fruit juice, soda, and energy drinks.
Timepoint [2] 293327 0
baseline and 9 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 310798 0
behavioral intentions: participants were asked to indicate on a 4-point scale how likely they were to drink more water.
Timepoint [1] 310798 0
baseline and 9 weeks

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
girls and boys in grade 7 and 8 of the Dutch school system (9 - 13 yrs)
Schools without any water stimulation programs
Parents that provided passive consent for their children Children that were willing and able to provide written consent
Minimum age
9 Years
Maximum age
13 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
schools with water stimulation programs

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
After receiving consent from the headmasters of the schools, the schools were randomly assigned to either the experimental or the control condition by an independent researcher.
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Simple randomisation was done using a computerised sequence generation
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis
A two-way repeated measures design including one between-group factor (condition: experimental vs. control) and one repeated measure (time: baseline vs. post-intervention) to assess the effect of the intervention.

Power analyses using G*Power indicated that n= 98 for each condition is expected to be sufficient to detect significant (alpha = .05, one-tailed) small effects (d= .25) of
conditions (power = .8).

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
2/12/2013
Actual
6/01/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
10/01/2014
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
200
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 6401 0
Netherlands
State/province [1] 6401 0

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 290070 0
University
Name [1] 290070 0
Radboud University Nijmegen
Country [1] 290070 0
Netherlands
Primary sponsor type
University
Name
Radboud University Nijmegen
Address
Comeniuslaan 4, 6525 HP Nijmegen
Postbus 9102, 6500 HC Nijmegen
Country
Netherlands
Secondary sponsor category [1] 288762 0
None
Name [1] 288762 0
Address [1] 288762 0
Country [1] 288762 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 291774 0
Ethics Committee of Radboud University Nijmegen
Ethics committee address [1] 291774 0
Montessorilaan 3
6525 HR Nijmegen
Ethics committee country [1] 291774 0
Netherlands
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 291774 0
01/01/2014
Approval date [1] 291774 0
10/03/2014
Ethics approval number [1] 291774 0
ECSW2014-1003-203

Summary
Brief summary
Overweight and obesity are among the most common public health problems in Western society. One major contributor of obesity in children is the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages. A possible solution to the obesity epidemic is to replace children’s consumption of sugar sweetened beverages with water. With use of the diffusion of innovation theory, the proposed program targeted primary school students aged 9-13 years and aimed to increase water consumption among these students. The program consisted of training opinion leaders to acts as peer supporters during informal interactions and encourage their peers to drink more water. The primary goal of this project was to develop and assess the effectiveness of the program in primary schools in the Netherlands.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Not applicable
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 51978 0
Miss Crystal Smit
Address 51978 0
Communication Science
Radboud University Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Country 51978 0
Netherlands
Phone 51978 0
+(31)(0)24 361 572345
Fax 51978 0
Email 51978 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 51979 0
Crystal Smit
Address 51979 0
Communication Science
Radboud University Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Country 51979 0
Netherlands
Phone 51979 0
+(31)(0)24 361 572345
Fax 51979 0
Email 51979 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 51980 0
Crystal Smit
Address 51980 0
Communication Science
Radboud University Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Country 51980 0
Netherlands
Phone 51980 0
+(31)(0)24 361 572345
Fax 51980 0
Email 51980 0
[email protected]

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SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
Dimensions AIA social network-based intervention stimulating peer influence on children's self-reported water consumption: A randomized control trial2016https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.04.011
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