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COVID-19: The Effectiveness of Free Face Mask Distribution

NCT04866589 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2022-04-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators will carry out a randomised trial of free face mask distribution in Stovner District, Oslo, Norway. Ten grocery stores will serve as study sites. Over three weeks the stores will be randomised daily to having "corona hosts" outside their entrance, handing out face masks to customers. The investigators will compare the proportion of customers who wear face masks as they enter the store in stores with or without face mask distribution.

Conditions

  • Covid19

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Distribution of free face masks

"Corona hosts" will be placed at the entrance of the intervention stores, and hand out face masks to customers entering the store.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stovner District, City of Oslo, Norway

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Atle Fretheim, PhD · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-03
Primary Completion
2021-05-21
Completion
2021-05-21

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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