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CompletedNCT06992817Updated May 28, 2025

The Impact of Brief One-time Education and Coach Encouragement on Hydration Status in Child Judo Athletes

An interventional study of Hydration-Coach Encouragement and Short Hydration Informative Session in Dehydration in Children and Dehydration, sponsored by Kastamonu University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 9 Years to 13 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-28.

Sponsored by Kastamonu University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
74
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
9 Years to 13 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 11 studies in Dehydration with a site in Turkey — 1 open to participants now, 3 under way, none of them phase 3. Dehydration · Turkey.

Started
2025
with 2 others
No phase
5 of 11
none open now
Registered
8th of 11
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 11
Kastamonu University

Among the 11 studies in Dehydration with a site in Turkey, this one is one of 3 that started in 2025, is one of 5 with no phase, and was the 8th registered.

Dehydration

201 studies on the registry are indexed under Dehydration; 28 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

1 of the 11 studies in Dehydration with a site in Turkey is open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 14 Dehydration studies recruiting now, 7 (50%) set no upper age limit and 7 (50%) stop at 75 or younger; 2 take children under 18; 8 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 9 Years to 13 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

Due to the lack of any comparative study related to effect of different hydration processes, this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of coach encouragement and hydration education in maintaining hydration status in child judo athletes

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Forty-seven athletes participated in a four-day training camp, during which hydration status was assessed before and after training sessions under three different conditions: no intervention (control), coach-guided fluid intake encouragement, and pre-training brief one-time hydration education. Athletes were unaware of the intervention conditions assigned to each day, and the educational session was delivered without emphasizing its experimental nature. To minimize potential carryover effects, the sequence of interventions was fixed. Hydration status was objectively monitored using urine specific gravity (USG) and urine color (UC) measurements.

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Conditions studied

  • Dehydration in Children
  • Dehydration

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Keywords

  • hypohydration
  • health
  • athletic population
  • combat sports
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
9 Years to 13 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • having at least three years of judo experience
  • having at least a green belt
  • being healthy enough to attend all training sessions during the camp.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • having less than three years of judo experience
  • having orange belt or lower
  • not being healthy enough to attend all training sessions during the camp.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
74 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    No-intervention (Control)

    This arm did not receive any intervention. They completed the training session without any encouragement related to fluid intake.

  • Experimental
    Coach encouragement (Intervention 1)

    During this intervention, athletes were encouraged by their coaches to consume fluids during the training.

    Behavioral: Hydration-Coach Encouragement

  • Experimental
    Hydration education (Intervention 2)

    During this interventio, athletes were given a brief hydration education before the training session.

    Behavioral: Short Hydration Informative Session

Interventions

  • BehavioralHydration-Coach Encouragement

    Athletes were encouraged by their coaches to consume fluids during the training session.

    Also known as: Encouragement

  • BehavioralShort Hydration Informative Session

    Athletes were given a brief educational session related to importance of hydration before the exercise session.

    Also known as: A brief hydration education

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. hydration status (i.e., urine specific gravity and urine colour)

    A urine sample was taken from each athlete one hour before and immediately after the exercise sessions. The samples were placed in plastic cups and USG was determined with a digital refractometer (ATAGO PAL-10S, Japan) in the training hall by the same researcher each time. USG measurements were carried out after the urine samples were refrigerated to temperature of 20° and UC was classified under LED light condition. As soon as the urine samples were analyzed for USG and classified for urine colour (UC), they were immediately disposed. USG was classified according to suggestion by National Athletic Trainers' Association as hydrated (USG \<1.020) and hypohydrated (USG≥1.020).

    Time frame: 4 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Bartın Judo Hall
    Bartın, 74100, Turkey
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All IPD that underlie results in a publication

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form

Time frame: June-September 2025

Access criteria: Upon request.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Feb 2025 to primary completion in Feb 2025, 0 months.

Of 65 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Dehydration, half reached primary completion within 8 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 18. This study's 0 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 73 studies reached it within 9 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 18.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 6, 2025
First posted
May 28, 2025
StartActual
Feb 10, 2025
Primary completionActual
Feb 15, 2025
CompletionActual
Feb 15, 2025
Last update
May 28, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 28, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06992817
Lead sponsor
Kastamonu University
Collaborators
Selcuk University, Duzce University, Harran University, Mustafa Kemal University, Bartın Unıversity
Responsible party
Bayram Ceylan (Assoc. Prof., Kastamonu University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 28, 2025
Start date
Feb 10, 2025
Primary completion
Feb 15, 2025
Completion
Feb 15, 2025
Last update
May 28, 2025

Study contacts

Şükrü Serdar Balcı, PhD
principal investigator · Selçuk University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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