Clinical trial NCT02131727: Hand Hygiene Randomized Cluster Intervention to Reduce Infections
Official title: The Kent State-Cuyahoga County Health Promotion Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Respiratory Tract Infections
Gastrointestinal Infections
Keywords: hand hygiene
communicable diseases
respiratory tract infections
primary prevention
employees
Lead sponsor: Kent State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: GoJo Industries, Akron OH
name: Cuyahoga County Government Center
First posted: 2014-05-06
Enrollment: 324
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple intervention to improve hand hygiene, consisting of a 3-4 minute training video, on-site posters, and hand hygiene supplies, can reduce respiratory and GI illness among employees.

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple random cluster intervention trial to improve hand hygiene, consisting of a 3-4 minute training video, on-site posters, and hand hygiene supplies, can reduce respiratory and GI illness among those in the intervention group compared to the control group. The intervention was performed among employees in a Midwestern public government setting. Employees in the treatment group received a 3-4 minute training video online that was embedded in the baseline survey. Motivational posters from the USDHHS encouraging proper hand hygiene were installed in the workplace, along with hand hygiene supplies. The control group received a program called "Ask Me 3" developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation; the intervention consisted of a 3-4 minute training video to encourage clear communication with their health care providers, a brochure discussing the Ask Me 3 principles of clear communication with health care providers, and a key-ring with the Ask Me 3 communication principles to promote more effective communication with health care providers at visits out side of work. The groups were followed monthly through surveys over the Internet for an average of three months after baseline to determine if a relative reduction in self-reported respiratory / GI infections occurred in the intervention group compared to the control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All employees in respective departments participating in this study were included in the inclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

* No employees were excluded if they worked in the participating departments in this study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Relative reduction in self-reported respiratory and gastrointestinal infections
timeFrame: prior 30 days as elicited by self-report on four monthly surveys
measure: Self-reported missed days of work due to symptoms of respiratory and gastrointestinal (GI) infections
timeFrame: Monthly surveys for an average of three months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-reported usual daily hand hygiene behaviors
timeFrame: Monthly self-report surveys for an average of three months from baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kent
country: United States
facility: Kent State University
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: Kent State University
name: Maggie Stedman-Smith, Ph.D., M.P.H.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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