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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Impact of Three Communication Channels on the Dissemination of a Serious Game Designed to Enhance COVID-19 Prevention.

Mélanie Suppan, Loric Stuby, Christophe Alain Fehlmann, Mohamed Abbas, Sophia Achab, Stephan Harbarth, Laurent Suppan

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mélanie SuppanDivision of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8807-9619
Loric StubyGenève TEAM Ambulances, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1663-5249
Christophe Alain FehlmannDivision of Emergency Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4163-0338
Mohamed AbbasInfection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Sophia AchabSpecialized Facility in Behavioral Addictions ReConnecte HUG, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3861-3297
Stephan HarbarthInfection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Laurent SuppanDivision of Emergency Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6989-6421
University of Geneva · CHAddiction Switzerland · CHHES-SO Genève · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection prevention interventions can only be effective if they are both well known and easily accessible. A randomized controlled trial showed that a serious game, "Escape COVID-19", was significantly more effective at improving the intention of adopting adequate infection prevention behavior than regular guidelines among long-term care facility employees. However, less than a fifth of all potential participants were finally recruited in this study. To determine whether a specific communication intervention was more effective than another, we carried out a retrospective analysis of account creation data over a six-month period. During the first period (53 days), information about the serious game was disseminated by a part-time worker. The second period (15 days) corresponded to a press release, while the third period (15 days) reflected an official communication from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. A total of 3995 accounts were created during the study period. Most accounts were created by health care workers (2699/3995, 67.6%). Median daily account creation was highest during the press release period (25; Q1:Q3 9:172) and lowest during the official communication period (6; Q1:Q3 4:20). The association between communication intervention and account creation was statistically significant both when considering the overall population (

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COVID-19CommunicationHealth PersonnelHumansRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2communicationCOVID-19infection prevention and controlinfodemiologypublic healthSARS-CoV-2serious games

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PMID36011774
PMCPMC9408446
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