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Supporting Oral Self-care of Patients With Periodontitis Through Motivational Interview

NCT04023500 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2019-07-19

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Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential additive effect of Motivational Interviewing (MI) on gingival health and self-care. Our hypothesis was that the Motivational Interviewing would result in improved gingival health and self-care compared to prevailing patient education.

Conditions

  • Periodontal Diseases
  • Patient Education
  • Self-Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational interview vs. prevailing education

In intervention group dental hygienists are trained to focus on patients view of their oral health, self-care skills and need for oral-health related behaviour change. They are supposed to use open-ended questions, reflective listening and reinforcing with patients. In control croup dental hygienist defined patients educational needs and gave direct instructions how to change behaviour and self-care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Turku

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mirkka Järvinen, MNS · University of Turku

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-01
Primary Completion
2015-11-01
Completion
2019-08-30

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