Education
Conditions
Keywords
Education, Randomised trial, Children, SMARTY
Brief summary
The purpose of this trial is to determine if the colour of sweets (candy) effects taste.
Detailed description
The purpose of this trial is to increase children's awareness of randomised controlled trials and gain insights into the best way to conduct a fair comparison. Everyday children are faced with health claims, some reliable and some not so reliable. The purpose of the SMARTY trial is to help children critically assess and develop a critical eye when it comes to information they encounter every day, in particular when it comes to their health. The SMARTY trial is a pragmatic, two group, parallel, randomised trial.
Interventions
OTHERSmartie© sweet/candy
one chocolate sweet/ chocolate candy
Sponsors
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Single - Participant
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* parental/guardian consent obtained
Exclusion criteria
* unable or unwilling to ingest intervention. * medical conditions which prohibit ingestion of intervention (ie allergy, intolerance etc)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taste | 15 minutes | Participants will be asked to indicate on visual scale how much they like the taste of the smartie© they ate using the 'single-item sleep quality scale (SQS)' . The SQS is a self-administered visual analogue scale on which respondents rate the overall quality of sleep over a 7-day recall period on a likert type scaling option from 0 to 10, according to the following five categories: 0 = terrible, 1-3 = poor, 4-6 = fair, 7-9 = good, and 10 = excellent . |
Countries
Ireland
Outcome results
None listed