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Effectiveness of a Online Education Material to Improve Dengue Knowledge and Health-Seeking Intention

NCT05661877 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2022-12-22

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Summary

Dengue is an endemic infectious disease in Malaysia. Delays in seeking treatment and improper self-care contribute to dengue complications and mortality. A mobile app (Dengue Aid) was developed to educate and empower patients to perform evidence-based self-care when having dengue fever. DengueAid is hypothesised to improve people's knowledge and health-seeking intention on dengue. This will be evaluated via an online randomised controlled trial. Adults aged 18 and above who have Facebook, an android smartphone and understand either English or Malay language will be recruited through Facebook advertisements. Eligible participants would be randomized to either using the DengueAid app (intervention) or MyHEALTH website (control). An online randomizer tool will be used to randomize participants into the intervention or control group. Participants in both arms would complete a post-intervention online questionnaire (knowledge and health-seeking intention) three days after recruitment.

Conditions

  • Dengue

Interventions

OTHER

DengueAid mobile application

•Education materials regarding dengue fever and self-care. The education section (My Dengue Knowledge) consists of seven modules (dengue essentials, risk, symptoms, aedes mosquito, self-care, prevention and interesting facts) with gamification properties. Each module contains a series of multiple-choice questions. After answering each question, the user would be instantly notified if they had answered the question correctly and be provided with some facts related to the question. A progress meter would allow users to keep track of each module answered. A medal would be awarded to users who have completed 100% of each module. The self-care section consists of basic information about dengue fever and points to look out for self-care. It contains information on dengue fever phases, signs of dengue, importance of keeping hydrated, complementary therapy, medicine to avoid and prevention practices.

OTHER

MyHealth website

MyHealth is developed by Ministry of Health, Malaysia (http://www.myhealth.gov.my/en/dengue-fever/) to provide information on dengue.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaya

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chin Hai Teo · Universiti Malaya

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2023-05-06
Completion
2023-05-06

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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