Screening and Educating Emergency Department Attendees on Health-risk Behaviours

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

150

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 20, 2023

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2024

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2024

Conditions
Health-risk BehavioursNon Communicable Diseases
Interventions
OTHER

theory of planned behaviour, foot-in-the-door technique, and self-determination theory intervention

The participants will also be asked to choose the goal that they consider easiest to achieve and encouraged to quit health-risk behaviours. The research assistant will assist in achieving the participant's health-related goals by sending WhatsApp/WeChat messages or via telephone calls once per week for the first 6 months.

OTHER

Control group

The participants will be simply advised to modify their health-risk behaviours and/or adopt a healthy lifestyle practice. In addition, the research assistant will send regular SMS messages to the participants at a similar frequency to the intervention group, but these messages will contain only general health advice.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

RECRUITING

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER