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NCT04866589 Clinical Trial

COVID-19: The Effectiveness of Free Face Mask Distribution

Covid19 Clinical Trial

Official title:
The Effectiveness of Distributing Free Face Masks to Increase Use of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Randomised Experiment in Stovner District, Oslo, Norway

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT04866589
Other study ID # FaceMaskRCT Stovner
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 3, 2021
Est. completion date May 21, 2021

Study information
Verified date May 2021
Source Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 9
Est. completion date May 21, 2021
Est. primary completion date May 21, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 12 Years and older
Eligibility All grocery stores in the Stovner district are eligible as long as they have not, or only sporadically, had free distribution of face masks previously. At the customer level, we will only include those 12 years or older (age based on the outcome assessor's judgement).

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

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.

Locations
Country Name City State
Norway Stover District Oslo

Sponsors (2)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Norwegian Institute of Public Health Stovner District, City of Oslo, Norway

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Face mask use Proportion of customers wearing a face mask Through study completion, 3 weeks.
Secondary Correct use of face masks Proportion of customers wearing a face mask correctly (i.e. covering mouth and nose) Through study completion, 3 weeks
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