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Back to School COVID-19 Simulation Study

NCT04531254 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 174

Last updated 2022-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This will be a prospective study simulating return to school for two full days prior to the start of the school year in September. Volunteer students and teachers from six grade ranges will be recruited to participate in the study. In each grade range, there will be two classes that will participate, one that will be assigned to wear face masks/coverings at all times (experimental group/class) and the other that will not wear face masks/coverings at all times (control group/class). Students will be randomized to either the masking at all times (experimental across all grades) or no masking (control across JK-Grade 4) / masking only when physical distance can be maintained (control across Grade 5-Grade 12) class in their appropriate grade. Personal behaviours and person-to-person interactions will be recorded using video cameras. In addition, a safe biological indicator will be applied to the hands to simulate potential asymptomatic infection in a subset of students. Other students will have sanitizer applied so that students are blinded to who has the indicator. Cameras will be used to document how the indicator moves throughout the classroom.

Conditions

  • Covid19
  • Schools

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Wearing a face mask at all times

Children in this group will be asked to wear a face mask in the classroom and common areas during the simulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Science · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-10
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2020-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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