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NCT Number: NCT04742179

Fighting Climate Change: Urban Greennes, Active Mobility and Health Co-benefits.

This is a prospective, non-randomized, controlled, interventional study aiming to assess, in a primary school in the city of Palermo, the health effects of a maintenance and care intervention of the school's green areas.

All children of the third, fourth and fifth classes of two school complexes of the same primary school will be selected. One complex will undergo maintenance and care of the green areas and gardens inside the school. The other complex will serve as a control group and will not undergo any intervention.

The study will involve three phases.

1. During the first phase (prior to the intervention) respiratory and allergic symptoms will be assessed through a standardized questionnaire to be administered to students, parents and teachers in both the school complexes. 2. During the second phase, the maintenance and care intervention plan will be implemented in the experimental complex. 3. During the third phase, 1 week after the maintenance intervention, respiratory and allergic symptoms will be re-assessed through a standardized questionnaire to be administered to the same students, parents and teachers in both the school complexes.

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Key information

Conditions

Respiratory and Allergic Symptoms

Age range

7 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Institute of Translational Pharmacology

Palermo, 90146, Italy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • male or female gender
  • age between 7 and 11 years

Exclusion criteria

  • no exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.

Other

Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.

Primary outcomes

  1. Asthma symptoms at baseline

    Time frame: Before the maintenance intervention

    Presence of asthma symptoms before the maintenance intervention

  2. Rhinitis symptoms at baseline

    Time frame: Before the maintenance intervention

    Presence of rhinitis symptoms before the maintenance intervention

  3. Conjunctivitis symptoms at baseline

    Time frame: Before the maintenance intervention

    Presence of conjunctivitis symptoms before the maintenance intervention

  4. Asthma symptoms at follow-up

    Time frame: 7 days after the maintenance intervention

    Presence of asthma symptoms after the maintenance intervention

  5. Rhinitis symptoms at follow-up

    Time frame: 7 days after the maintenance intervention

    Presence of rhinitis symptoms after the maintenance intervention

  6. Conjunctivitis symptoms at follow-up

    Time frame: 7 days after the maintenance intervention

    Presence of conjunctivitis symptoms after the maintenance intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica

Other

Registry information

Acronym: CLIMACTIONS

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Feb 5, 2021
Registry last updated
Dec 23, 2022

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