Stage your way to better health: UC davis tests theater as a teaching tool
NCT ID NCT03759015
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether having college students write and perform a 10-minute play about diet and exercise can boost their knowledge, healthy habits, and overall well-being. Ten UC Davis students will create the play as part of a course, and researchers will measure changes in their understanding of health guidelines, how well they follow them, and their quality of life. It's a small, early test to see if this creative approach is feasible and worth studying further.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- health education theater (creating a 10-minute play about physical activity and nutrition)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a fun, engaging way to teach healthy habits to young adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 10 participants, so results may not apply to larger groups. It also relies on self-reported surveys, which can be biased.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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10 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * University of California (UC) Davis students who register for the course entitled " Health Education Theater," to be held during the 2019 Spring Quarter, i.e., from April 2019 to June 2019. Exclusion Criteria: * Adults unable to consent * Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) * Prisoners * Individuals who are not compliant to this project's guideline of health limitations. Under this project guideline, absences due to health limitations are not expected to exceed 3 days maximum in addition to standard class policy during the quarter. As long as a subject is compliant to this project guideline and the additional accommodations authorized by the UC Davis Student Disability Center (SDC), any student (including a pregnant woman student and a student with a disability) can participate in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of California Davis
Davis, California, 95616, United States