Enhancing stroke response in school children: Efficacy of the HOBIT program - a cluster randomized trial

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525000889" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525000889</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103049" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103049</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Enhancing stroke response in school children: Efficacy of the HOBIT program - a cluster randomized trial

Original language description

Objective: Stroke treatment is often hampered by delayed Emergency Medical Services activation. Public campaigns to improve the response to stroke symptoms are either costly or not working. We evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based HOBIT program in improving Emergency Medical Services activation. Methods: This cluster randomized trial was conducted from May to June 2023 at 13 schools in the South Moravian region of Czechia. Schools were randomized to the HOBIT intervention or control group with a 3:1 ratio. Both groups had knowledge assessments at baseline and follow-up. The primary outcome was the percentage change from the pretest to the follow-up test in the intervention group compared to the control group in 4 domains: 1) knowledge, 2) self-efficacy, 3) outcome expectations, 4) behavioral intentions. Results: The baseline knowledge was greater than 50 % in most metrics except for knowledge of the FAST test, which was only 16 %. The intervention effect was 16 % (95 % CI 12-21) for knowledge, 10 % (95 % CI 4-15) for self-efficacy,10 % (95 % CI 5-15) for outcome expectations, 8 % (95 % CI 2-11) for behavioral intentions. Conclusions: In school children, even those with high baseline, &quot;HOBIT&quot; intervention can improve determinants and behavioral intentions of Emergency Medical Services activation for suspected stroke.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Preventive Medicine Reports

ISSN

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e-ISSN

2211-3355

Volume of the periodical

53

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May 2025

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

103049

UT code for WoS article

001464997500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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