The Hope Soap Study: a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa

Diarrhea Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Hope Soap Study: a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03280771
• Other study ID #: 1952:BURNSFW
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 8, 2017
• Last updated: September 12, 2017
• Start date: September 1, 2014
• Est. completion date: December 15, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: University of Cape Town
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Hope Soap Study is a randomised-control pilot study of a hand-washing intervention in which children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 288
• Est. completion date: December 15, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 9 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in the Family-in-Focus program

• Caregiver provided informed consent

• the age-eligible children were not involved in any other sort of ECD program (e.g. crèche or other day-care)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Enrollment in an ECD program

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diarrhea
• Hand-washing Behavior

Intervention

Combination Product:
• Hope Soap
HOPE SOAP© is a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.
• Control group soap
A colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Cape Town	The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack	Hands washed unprompted prior to eating a snack	8 weeks
Secondary	Questionnaire data on hand washing after using the toilet (scale of 1-10)	A score of 1-10 of hand washing after using the toilet	8 weeks
Secondary	Questionnaire data on hand washing prior to meals (scale of 1-10)	A score of 1-10 of hand washing prior to eating meals	8 weeks
Secondary	Questionnaire data on general soap usage when washing hands (scale of 1-10)	A score of 1-10 of soap usage when hands are washed	8 weeks
Secondary	Questionnaire data on experience of illness (13 items)	A score of 1-13 based on self-reported symptoms of illness	2 weeks