A two armed randomized trial is evaluating the effect of the medical-student-delivered school-based intervention Education Against Tobacco on the smoking behavior of adolescents in 7th grade of secondary school. The primary endpoint is the change in smoking prevalence between the two groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20,000
Titus Brinker
Bünde, Germany
Smoking prevalence measured via questionnaire.
The difference in smoking prevalence at 24 months follow-up is the primary endpoint measured via questionnaires.
Time frame: 24 months post baseline
Relevant differences due to the theory of planned behaviour between the two groups measured via questionnaire.
Difference in attitude towards smoking between the two groups at 24 months follow-up measured via questionnaires.
Time frame: 24 months follow-up
Changes in smoking behavior
The changes in smoking behavior (smoking onset, quitting) are studied as a secondary outcome measure.
Time frame: 24 months post baseline
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