Media Background and Test Performance

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01593878

Enrollment

Registered

2012-05-08

Start date

2012-06-30

Completion date

2013-07-31

Last updated

2014-03-26

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Conditions

Test Performance When Distracted or Not

Brief summary

This study aims to test whether middle school students test performance is affected by background TV. Students will complete a high school entrance exam either with or without a TV on in the test room. Scores will be compared.

Interventions

OTHERTV

test taken with TV on

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

10 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Grades 6-8

Exclusion criteria

* non english speaking

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
ISEE test prep evaluation	immediate (day 1)

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026