Educational VR Game Intervention to Enhance Hygiene Practices in Primary School Children

The goal of this observational study is to investigate if VR game-based educational intervention can enhance primary schoolchildren's compliance with hygiene practices to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other upper respiratory pathogens in the community. The main questions the study aims to answer are, after receiving the VR game-based education intervention: * Does VR game-based educational intervention improve hygiene-practice compliance in primary schoolchildren? * What are the bacterial loads on primary schoolchildren's hands? * What are the rates of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses in primary schoolchildren? Researchers will compare the interventional group to the control group to see if VR game-based educational intervention can enhance primary schoolchildren's hygiene practices. Participants will * Receive in a training programme on hygiene practices through playing VR games for two weeks, 1 hour per week. * Do a questionnaire on hygiene knowledge before and after receiving the education programme * Provide hand swabs and saliva samples before and after receiving the education programme

NCT Number	NCT07168759
Lead Sponsor	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Conditions	Healthy Participants
Enrollment	2,160 participants
Start Date	2023-05-02
Primary Completion	2025-10-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-09-11