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Development and evaluation of a school-based smoking prevention intervention for 13-14 year old adolescents in Malaysia

A pilot pragmatic cluster randomised control trial of a school-based peer-led anti-smoking intervention for 13-14 year olds in Malaysia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN98023400
Enrollment
2118
Registered
2016-05-25
Start date
2011-05-25
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-03-14

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

Conditions

Adolescent smoking Mental and Behavioural Disorders Adolescent smoking

Interventions

Schools are randomly allocated to one of two groups through concealed stratified randomisation. Control arm: Schools in the control arm receive usual care in the form of health promot

Sponsors

Ministry of Health Malaysia
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All Form 1 students attending the 8 selected schools who attended school on the day that the baseline and follow-up questionnaires were administered at their school.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pupils who were absent on the day of questionnaire administration.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Smoking is measured via self-report questions at baseline and 7 months.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Peer educators: 1. Smoking-related knowledge is measured using a questionnaire specifically designed for the purpose of this study immediately before the peer educator training at the beginning of the three day peer educator training programme and at the end of the three day peer educator training programme 2. Smoking-related attitudes are measured using a questionnaire specifically designed for the purpose of this study immediately before the peer educator training at the beginning of the three day peer educator training programme and at the end of the three day peer educator training programme All Form 1 pupils: 1. Proportion of pupils who have had one-to-one conversations about smoking at 7 months is measured via the follow-up questionnaires that were administered to all Form 1 students who were present on the day of administration 2. Components of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (Attitudes, Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioural Control and Smoking Intention) are measured using a questionnaire specifically designed for the purpose of this study at baseline and 7 months

Countries

Malaysia

Contacts

Public ContactWolfgang Markham
Wolfgang.Markham@warwick.ac.uk+44 2476 5741239

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026