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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Influence of a Survival Swimming Training Programme on Water Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial among Young Adults in Sri Lanka.

Jeewanthika Ekanayaka, Chan Kim Geok, Bernadette Matthews, Samath D Dharmaratne

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Retention of survival swimming skills among SwimSafe graduates in rural communities of Bangladesh: Results from a cross-sectional study.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jeewanthika EkanayakaDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
Chan Kim GeokDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Bernadette MatthewsResearch and Health Promotion Department, Life Saving Victoria, 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6258-2961
Samath D DharmaratneDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0003-4144-2107
University of Peradeniya · LKUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drowning among young adults is high in Sri Lanka. Water safety education is a recommended strategy for drowning prevention but is often overlooked for young adults. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an adapted educational intervention, "Swim for Safety" on improving water safety knowledge, attitudes and survival swimming skills among undergraduates (19-28 years) in Sri Lanka. This study employed a parallel-group, two-arm randomized controlled trial design. The intervention group (

Indexed as

DrowningSwimmingHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansSri LankaWaterYoung AdultWaterdrowningsurvival swimming skillswater safety attitudeswater safety educationwater safety knowledgeyoung adults

Identifiers

PMID34769944
PMCPMC8583420
OpenAlexW3209139835

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