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Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Status of Deaf Children

NCT05099146 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-11-10

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Summary

Objective: To compare the impact of pictorial and video demonstration oral health educational interventions on oral hygiene status of children aged 12-16 years with hearing impairment.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial spanned over the period of three months was conducted in purposively selected three schools of deaf children of Karachi. Baseline dental examination was performed to assess the dental plaque and gingival status of study participants. Dental plaque and gingival status of the participants was assessed by employing the World Health Organization recommended Plaque Index and Gingival Index. The 60 children were than randomly allocated into three interventional groups, pictorial, video and control, 20 in each group. The children were examined again after one month of oral health education provision by single examiner. Tooth brushes were provided to students at the time of baseline examination to use for one month. Collected data was subjected to statistical analysis and described in terms of Mean and Standard Deviation, mixed model ANNOVA was applied to see the difference between the mean plaque and gingival scores of three groups after one month. The p-value of \<0.05 was considered as statistically significant at the 95% confidence interval.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

pictures

pictures with brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

BEHAVIORAL

video

video of brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

BEHAVIORAL

control

oral hygiene instructions provided

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dow University of Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • MARIA MOIN, MDS · DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCINCES

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-05
Primary Completion
2019-12-05
Completion
2020-01-02

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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