NCT07160842

Impact of an AI-enabled UV Hand Hygiene Intervention in Primary Schools: a Community Intervention Study

Completed NA Last updated 8 September 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Hand hygiene intervention in Intervention in Hand Hygiene for Infectious Diseases Prevention in 148 participants. Completed in 1 October 2024.

Timeline

2 March 2024

Primary endpoint
1 October 2024

1 October 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Institut Catala de Salut
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	148
Start date	2 March 2024
Primary completion	1 October 2024
Estimated completion	1 October 2024
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Hand hygiene intervention

Conditions studied

• Intervention in Hand Hygiene for Infectious Diseases Prevention — all drugs for Intervention in Hand Hygiene for Infectious Diseases Prevention →

Sponsor

Institut Catala de Salut

Who can join

Adults 8 to 12, any sex, with Intervention in Hand Hygiene for Infectious Diseases Prevention. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background Hand hygiene refers to the practice of keeping hands clean to prevent the spread of disease. Hand hygiene workshops are an important tool to educate students about the importance of keeping their hands clean and healthy.

Objectives The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention previously used in other settings that incorporates a fluorescence-based device to quantify the quality of hand hygiene in real time, together with a training workshop for students, with the aim of improving health promotion and prevention in the short and medium term (1, 3, and 6 months).

Methods This is a sub-study of the Sentinel Schools Project. It is a controlled before-after study with school level allocation using a single matched pair (1 intervention school; 1 control school) and repeated measures conducted in schools belonging to the Sentinel Schools network within the Camp de Tarragona health region. The study population comprises students enrolled in primary education at these schools. The project field team carried out a pre-intervention assessment of handwashing quality in both study arms using a device that uses fluorescence to detect adequately washed areas of the hand. In the intervention arm, an educational training session on hand hygiene was delivered, followed by post-intervention assessments at short and medium term in both study arms. To examine the acceptability of the intervention, an ad hoc questionnaire was administered to the teachers who supervise the participating classes and also focal groups and enterprises were made to access the acceptability of the intervention.

Statistical Analysis Frequencies and percentages will be calculated for qualitative variables; for quantitative variables, the mean and standard deviation, as well as minimum and maximum values, will be reported. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals will be presented for means and for proportions. Bivariate analyses for quantitative variables will be performed, estimating Pearson correlation coefficients and/or linear regression.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.