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Smartphone app aims to cut burn risks in earthquake shelters
NCT ID NCT06155149
First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a mobile app can improve burn prevention and first aid knowledge among families living in tent cities and container houses after an earthquake. Sixty families will be randomly assigned to either receive standard training plus the app or standard training alone. The study will measure changes in knowledge and track whether burns occur in the two months following the app's use.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Mobile application for burn prevention and first aid education
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this app could become a low-cost tool to reduce burn injuries and improve first aid responses in disaster-affected communities.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small (60 families) and relies on self-reported knowledge and outcomes, so results may not generalize widely. The app's impact on actual burn rates remains uncertain.
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Study facts
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- 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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Living in a tent-container house after the earthquake, * No communication problems in the family, * At least one person in the family who will participate in the training can speak Turkish, * Written and verbal permission to participate in the study was obtained. Exclusion Criteria: * Not living in a tent-container house after the earthquake, * Not wanting to participate in the research, * The family wants to separate at any time, * Relocation from tent cities or container houses included in the implementation area during the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gamze Bozkul
Mersin, Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye)
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