Fighting Climate Change: Urban Greennes, Active Mobility and Health Co-benefits.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This is a prospective, non-randomized, controlled, interventional study aiming to assess, in a primary school in the city of Palermo, the health effects of a maintenance and care intervention of the school's green areas. All children of the third, fourth and fifth classes of two school complexes of the same primary school will be selected. One complex will undergo maintenance and care of the green areas and gardens inside the school. The other complex will serve as a control group and will not undergo any intervention. The study will involve three phases. During the first phase (prior to the intervention) respiratory and allergic symptoms will be assessed through a standardized questionnaire to be administered to students, parents and teachers in both the school complexes. During the second phase, the maintenance and care intervention plan will be implemented in the experimental complex. During the third phase, 1 week after the maintenance intervention, respiratory and allergic symptoms will be re-assessed through a standardized questionnaire to be administered to the same students, parents and teachers in both the school complexes.

Official Title
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Fighting Climate Change: Urban Greennes, Active Mobility and Health Co-benefits.

Conditions
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Respiratory and Allergic Symptoms

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: male or female gender age between 7 and 11 years Exclusion Criteria: no exclusion criteria

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 7 Years
Maximum Age: 11 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Experimental group<br>The children belonging to the classes of the school complex undergoing the maintenance intervention. | Other: Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.<br>* Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control group<br>The children belonging to the classes of the school complex that will not undergo the maintenance intervention. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Asthma symptoms at baseline | Presence of asthma symptoms before the maintenance intervention | Before the maintenance intervention | 
| Rhinitis symptoms at baseline | Presence of rhinitis symptoms before the maintenance intervention | Before the maintenance intervention | 
| Conjunctivitis symptoms at baseline | Presence of conjunctivitis symptoms before the maintenance intervention | Before the maintenance intervention | 
| Asthma symptoms at follow-up | Presence of asthma symptoms after the maintenance intervention | 7 days after the maintenance intervention | 
| Rhinitis symptoms at follow-up | Presence of rhinitis symptoms after the maintenance intervention | 7 days after the maintenance intervention | 
| Conjunctivitis symptoms at follow-up | Presence of conjunctivitis symptoms after the maintenance intervention | 7 days after the maintenance intervention |