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Table 3 Distribution of schools, school classes and students, as well as cluster sizes overall and by intervention groups

From: Berlin evaluates school tobacco prevention - BEST prevention: study design and methodology

 

Overall

Student intervention

Student-parent intervention

Control group

Total schools

47

17 (36%)

16 (34%)

14 (30%)

 Integrated secondary school

32

11 (34%)

11 (34%)

10 (31%)

 Gymnasium

15

6 (40%)

5 (33%)

4 (27%)

School classes

161

62 (42%)

58 (31%)

41 (27%)

Students

2801*

1142 (41%)

980 (35%)

679 (24%)

Students per school type

    

 Gymnasium

1173* (41.9%)

525 (46.0%)

394 (40.2%)

254 (37.4%)

 Integrated secondary school

1628* (58.1%)

617 (54.0%)

586 (59.8%)

425 (62.6%)

Classes per school (mean ± SD)

3.4 ± 1.8

3.7 ± 1.8

3.6 ± 1.8

3.0 ± 1.9

Students per school (mean ± SC)

59.6 ± 35.3*

67.2 ± 36.2

61.3 ± 38.2

48.5 ± 30.1

Students per class (mean ± SD)

17.4 ± 6.3*

18.4 ± 5.5

17.2 ± 6.5

16.2 ± 7.1

  1. SD: standard deviation, *Based on the number of students completing the baseline questionnaire.