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Crowdsourcing to Reduce Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Viral Hepatitis Stigma among Medical Students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Crowdsourcing to Reduce Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Viral Hepatitis Stigma among Medical Students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2600125984
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2026-06-02
Start date
2026-06-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic hepatitis B

Interventions

Intervention group:The intervention group will receive both the crowdsourced materials and the standard hepatitis health education materials during the study period.
Control group:Receiving routine hepatitis health education materials only

Sponsors

Nanjing Medical University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Medical students (including students of various nationalities/cultural backgrounds) currently enrolled at participating research centers, with their academic year/training stage meeting the definition of the target population as defined by each research center. 2. Majored in clinical medicine; 3. Belonging to a cluster that has been included in the study and undergone randomization; 4. Aged >=18 years; 5. Currently in the third, fourth, or fifth year of undergraduate education; 6. Able to understand the study content and provide electronic or written informed consent; 7. Possessing stable internet access or access to a data collection terminal, and able to complete the baseline survey and at least one follow-up survey during the study period;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Failure to provide valid informed consent; 2. Not belonging to the target population (not a medical student, or not within the specified major/year/training stage); 3. Presence of severe cognitive/language barriers or other circumstances that prevent comprehension of questionnaire content or completion of follow-up measurements; 4. Severe missingness of key variables in the baseline survey or evidently unreliable information (e.g., repeated submissions from the same account, severe logical inconsistencies, abnormal response times, etc., deemed invalid by data quality control); 5. Having participated in the development or pilot testing of intervention materials related to this study, or having a potential conflict of interest with the research team that may significantly affect the results (e.g., serving as an intervention content creator/research assistant and having been exposed to all intervention materials). Such individuals may be excluded or handled separately to avoid bias;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Level of viral hepatitis stigma;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
HBV/HCV testing behavior;Exposure to external hepatitis-related information;Intervention exposure and acceptability;Knowledge of HBV/HCV and prior exposure;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactDan Wu

Nanjing Medical University

danwu@njmu.edu.cn+86 25 86862389

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026