Educational VR Game Intervention to Enhance Hygiene Practices in Primary School Children

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

VR game -based education program: The schoolchildren in the intervention group participate in an innovative VR game-based educational programme featuring: (1) Web-based health education on (i) SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza virus transmission, (ii) proper hand and respiratory hygiene practices and (iii) the importance of rapid screening and vaccination in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections.

Study summary

The goal of this observational study is to investigate if VR game-based educational intervention can enhance primary schoolchildren's compliance with hygiene practices to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other upper respiratory pathogens in the community.

The main questions the study aims to answer are, after receiving the VR game-based education intervention:

* Does VR game-based educational intervention improve hygiene-practice compliance in primary schoolchildren?
* What are the bacterial loads on primary schoolchildren's hands?
* What are the rates of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses in primary schoolchildren?

Researchers will compare the interventional group to the control group to see if VR game-based educational intervention can enhance primary schoolchildren's hygiene practices.

Participants will

* Receive in a training programme on hygiene practices through playing VR games for two weeks, 1 hour per week.
* Do a questionnaire on hygiene knowledge before and after receiving the education programme
* Provide hand swabs and saliva samples before and after receiving the education programme

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change from baseline in the compliance with hygiene practices immediately after intervention — Day 0, Month 1, Month 2
  Knowledge of hygiene practices assessed through a true/false questionnaire.
• Change from baseline in the number of participants who comply with hand washing procedures immediately after intervention — Day 0, Month 1, Month 2
  Hand washing procedure compliance measured using video recordings.
• Change from baseline in the number of bacteria on the hands of the participants immediately after intervention — Day 0, Month 1, Month 2
  Bacterial counts on the hands of participants will be assessed using hand swab sampling and quantitative microbiological analysis. Specifically, hand swabs will be collected from the participants before and after intervention. This will be followed by using plate count method to detect the number of bacterial cells present on the hand swabs collected from the participants.
• Change from baseline in the vaccination uptake rates by the participants immediately after intervention — Day 0, Month 1, Month 2
  Data on vaccination uptake rates will be collected from the participants using a standardized questionnaire before and after intervention. The data will be aggregated to calculate the percentage change in vaccination uptake rates from pre- to post-intervention.

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