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Effectiveness of Smart Phone Application in Improving Oral Health Behaviours of Adolescents

NCT04307771 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 152

Last updated 2020-09-18

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Summary

This study would be a first step towards mobile-health associated Sustainable Development Goals by World Health Organization, as there are no mobile-health driven oral health activities in Karachi, Pakistan. Concurrently, it will help in improving knowledge and practices of adolescents towards general dental hygiene as this age is crucial for the prognosis of newly erupted permanent teeth. This would help in preventing chronic problems of adulthood. This will also help in reducing the number of days missed from school, increasing self-confidence of individuals as bad breath has a negative impact on one's self-esteem and confidence, giving a positive sense of aesthetics and will also keep in check over-all body health.Persistent unmaintained dental hygiene also overburdens families due to its high-maintenance outcomes like caries and early tooth loss. Dental treatment is considered as fourth most expensive treatment in developing countries . According to recent studies, households of low and middle income countries are at a higher risk of falling below the poverty line due to expenditure on dental problems. Such a simple intervention making use of modern-day technology would enable adolescents to keep their oral health in check and would prevent them from facing consequences of poor oral health.

Conditions

  • Oral Hygiene

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

m-Health application

Dental Buddy is a mobile application that has been designed to improve oral hygiene maintenance behaviours in teenagers

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aga Khan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shafquat Rozi, Dr · Aga Khan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-28
Primary Completion
2021-03-31
Completion
2021-04-30

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