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Impact of Oral Health Program on Al-Lith Children's KAP

NCT07009015 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 430

Last updated 2025-07-15

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Summary

Dental caries remains a significant global public health issue, particularly affecting children's health, development, and well-being, with inadequate knowledge, attitudes, and practices around oral health exacerbating these impacts. To address this, a cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted in four primary schools in Al Lith City, Saudi Arabia, targeting children aged 10 to 11 years. The intervention involves interactive, classroom-based educational sessions led by a dental care professional, supplemented by take-home materials, focusing first on enhancing knowledge and attitudes, and then on developing behavioral skills for improved oral hygiene and eating habits. Participants' knowledge, attitudes, and practices will be assessed via questionnaires before, immediately after, and six months post-intervention, with data analyzed using SPSS through descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, One Way-ANOVA, and Generalized Estimating Equations. The study expects that school-based oral health education will significantly improve children's oral health knowledge and certain hygiene behaviors, as well as positively influence eating habits and patterns.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries in Children

Interventions

OTHER

The oral health education intervention program

The intervention program will be designed to improve oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among students over a one-month school term, carefully scheduled to avoid disrupting regular academic activities. The program consists of initial sessions focused on building students' understanding and appreciation of oral health and healthy eating habits, followed by sessions aimed at developing practical behavioral skills. The effectiveness of the program will be evaluated at three points-before the intervention, two months after, and four months post-intervention-using a closed-ended questionnaire to assess changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universiti Putra Malaysia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan, PhD · Universiti Putra Malaysia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-01
Primary Completion
2025-07-30
Completion
2027-08-30

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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