在COVID-19大流行期间促进手部卫生:优化Soapp+应用程序的随机对照试验
Dario Baretta1, Carole Lynn Rüttimann1, Melanie Alexandra Amrein1
1Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
|April 24, 2025
概括
一个智能手机应用程序Soapp+,在COVID-19大流行期间有效地改善了手部卫生行为. 这项随机对照试验证明了Soapp+在促进持续的卫生实践和行为改变方面的优越性.
科学领域:
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 行为科学是一种行为科学.
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
背景情况:
- 防护行为对于传染病控制至关重要.
- 在COVID-19期间,行为改变技术 (BCT) 成为公共卫生优先事项.
- 对此类干预的随机对照试验 (RCT) 是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 评估Soapp+智能手机应用在促进手部卫生方面的有效性.
- 为了比较Soapp+ (干预) 与简化版本 (主动控制).
- 评估干预后和6个月后的手部卫生行为和决定因素的改善情况.
主要方法:
- 在瑞士从2022年3月到2023年4月,一项涉及瑞士193名成年人的RCT.
- 干预持续了32天,在基线,干预后和6个月后续的评估.
- 通过电子日记评估手部卫生;干预使用了全面的BCT.
主要成果:
- 与对照组 (前后和前后续) 相比,Soapp+干预组在手部卫生方面的改善明显更大.
- 在干预组的应对计划中观察到显著的改善.
- 效果大小 (r=0.17-0.18) 表明对手部卫生有小到中等的积极影响.
结论:
- Soapp+经过严格的开发和优化,采用了多阶段战略.
- 该RCT提供了Soapp+在大流行期间促进手部卫生方面的有效性.
- 像Soapp+这样的数字健康工具可以在公共卫生方面发挥有效作用.
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