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Supervised Brushing Programme for Intellectual Disabled Students

NCT03234231 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 602

Last updated 2018-03-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Intellectual disabled persons faced more dental problems. According to a medical review paper of international and local studies, this group has poorer dental hygiene, more severe gum disease and more untreated caries. In 2010, a report from the guardians in Hong Kong mentioned that most adults with intellectual disability cannot clean their teeth, the have dental problems and it is very difficult for intellectually disabled students to co-operate during the dental treatment. In order to alleviate their dental problems, supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk are proposed. The investigators investigate the effectiveness of the supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk. The target group of the study is mild to moderate grade intellectual disabled students of special schools in Hong Kong. A clustered randomised controlled trial design is adopted.

Conditions

  • Oral Health
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

3-month supervised tooth brushing programme

One or a few dental hygienists, who are trained to teach how to brush and provide scaling, will supervise the students to brush daily in school for three months.

BEHAVIORAL

oral health education talk

It is conducted by a dentist, while written materials will be delivered to the students and their carers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • MD Equation

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Cecilia Young, BDS(HK),MPH · MD Equation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2018-12-31

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