Vernetzte www.Welten: Effectiveness of a school-based media education program

ISRCTN	ISRCTN64296752
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN64296752
Secondary identifying numbers	1234

Submission date: 29/11/2010
Registration date: 07/03/2011
Last edited: 01/11/2013

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Reiner Hanewinkel
Scientific

Harmsstr. 2
Kiel
24114
Germany

Phone	+49 (0)431 570 290
Email	hanewinkel@ift-nord.de

Study information

Study design	Prospective cluster randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Quality of life
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	Effectiveness of a school-based media education program: Cluster-randomised controlled trial
Study objectives	The program Vernetzte www.Welten shows an effect on media-related knowledge, media-related attitudes and behaviour.
Ethics approval(s)	The Ministry of Cultural Affairs Schleswig-Holstein (Ministerium für Bildung und Kultur des Landes Schleswig-Holstein) approved on the 24th of August 2010
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Prevention of media addiction and problem gambling in youth
Intervention	Schools are randomised to provide: 1. Vernetzte www.Welten intervention program Teachers were instructed to arrange the following schedule during a period of three months: 1.1. Implementation of four specified class units concerning media education (focused on computer/internet use & gambling) 1.2. Circulation of the parent booklet Jugendliche & Medien - Tipps für Eltern (Youth and Media Parental Information) 2. Control: Normal lessons
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	1. Media literacy 2. Attitudes towards media use 3. Actual media use, lifetime 4. Actual prevalence of gambling All outcomes will be assessed at baseline, immediately after the intervention and 12 months after the treatment.
Secondary outcome measures	No secondary outcome measures
Overall study start date	01/09/2010
Completion date	31/12/2012

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	11 Years
Upper age limit	13 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	2000 students
Key inclusion criteria	1. Students of public schools 2. Age between 11 and 13 (6th and 7th grade), either sex
Key exclusion criteria	1. Students of schools with special pedagogic needs 2. Students from schools currently conducting structured interventions concerning media use 3. Missing parental consent
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2010
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2012

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Germany

Study participating centre

Harmsstr. 2

Kiel
24114
Germany

Sponsor information

Ministry for Work, Social Affairs and Health of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Government

Adolf-Westphal-Str. 4
Kiel
24143
Germany

Phone	+49 (0)431 988 0
Email	Poststelle@sozmi.landsh.de
Website	http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/MASG/DE/MASG_node.html
"ROR"	https://ror.org/036e5c451

Funders

Funder type

Government

Ministry for Work, Social Affairs and Health of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/05/2013		Yes	No

Vernetzte www.Welten: Effectiveness of a school-based media education program