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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN18336527
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Evaluation of Free School Breakfast Initiative
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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Provision of free school breakfasts will prospectively predict improved dietary behaviours, cognitive performance, positive attitudes to eating healthy breakfasts and school attendance.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Approval from the Cardiff University Social Science Ethics Committee
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Nutritional health behaviours and cognitive performance
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Primary school children in schools eligible to receive free school breakfasts in 9 LEAs across Wales. The majority of data collection will be conducted with years 5/6 but parents of a random sample of younger children will be asked to provide responses to questionnaires.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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1. Participants not meeting the above inclusion criteria
2. Children with special educational needs will be excluded from testing at discretion of teaching staff
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Anticipated start date
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01/09/2004
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Anticipated end date
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31/08/2007
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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120 schools (approximately 5000 for main part of study)
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Interventions
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Provision of free school breakfast versus no free breakfast
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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1. Cognitive performance
2. Dietary behavours
3. Attitudes to eating healthy breakfasts
4. School attendance
Outcomes assessed at baseline and 12 month follow up
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Uptake of initiative
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Sources of funding
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Welsh Assembly Government (UK) - Contract number 266/2003 (extension)
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Trial website
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http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/cishe/pages/breakfast.html
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Publications
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1. 2007 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17888158
2. 2010 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20602868
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Contact name
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Prof
Laurence
Moore
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Address
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Cardiff Institue of Society Health and Ethics
Cardiff University
53 Park Place
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City/town
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Cardiff
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Zip/Postcode
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CF10 3AT
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Email
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MooreL1@cf.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Welsh Assembly Government (UK)
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Address
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National Assembly for Wales
Cathays Park
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City/town
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Cardiff
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Zip/Postcode
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CF10 3NQ
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.wales.gov.uk
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Date applied
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26/08/2005
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Last edited
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09/07/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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21/10/2005
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