Reminder-based Educational Mobile Intervention for for Maternal Oral Health Literacy and Preschoolers' Dental Health

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effectiveness of educational application based on notification and reminder in improving maternal oral health literacy and the dental and dental health status of preschool children among mother-preschool child pairs (children aged \<7 years) in Pancoran Mas, Depok City.

The primary research questions to be addressed in the main trial are:

* Does the application group improve mothers' oral health literacy (measured using the REALD-30 questionnaire) more than the printed booklet group?
* Does the application group improve children's oral health status, as measured by oral hygiene (Debris Index-Simplified \[DI-S\]) and gingival condition (modified Gingival Index \[mGI\]), more than the printed booklet group?
* What is the level of usability (ease of use) of the application as perceived by mothers who use it?

The researchers will compare a group of mothers who receive education through the application with a group of mothers who receive education through a printed booklet to determine whether the application produces greater improvements in maternal oral health literacy and children's oral health outcomes.

Participants will be asked to:

* Complete the REALD-30 questionnaire at baseline (pretest) and at the end of the program (posttest), with a one-month interval between assessments.
* Accompany their children for DI-S and mGI examinations at baseline (pretest) and at the end of the program (posttest), with a one-month interval between assessments, conducted by a calibrated dentist.
* Receive and study dental health education materials delivered progressively, one chapter per week, through either the application (intervention group) or a printed booklet (control group). Subsequent chapters will be unlocked in the following week.
* Complete a daily checklist documenting their child's tooth-brushing activities every morning and evening throughout the study period.
* For participants in the application group only: receive daily notifications/reminders and personalized educational messages (based on quiz scores and checklist compliance levels), and complete the Mobile App Usability Questionnaire (MAUQ) at the end of the program.

Conditions

• Application
• Oral Health
• Oral Health Literacy
• Oral Hygiene

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peri Bugi Mobile Application

Peri Bugi is an mHealth-based oral health education application developed for Android and iOS devices. The application comprises five main features: Literacy (a four-chapter flipbook containing oral health educational content), Quiz, Toothbrushing Song, Toothbrushing Checklist, and Settings. It provides daily reminder notifications and utilizes a rule-based artificial intelligence (AI) system to personalize dental health education messages based on users' quiz performance and adherence to the toothbrushing checklist.

BEHAVIORAL

Printed Booklet

A printed text-based oral health education booklet comprising four chapters with content equivalent to that provided in the Peri Bugi application. The booklet was intended for self-directed learning and did not incorporate any notification, reminder, or personalized educational messaging features

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pani Matin Anugrah

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Risqa Rina Darwita, Prof. · Indonesia University

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

3 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-07-15

Primary Completion

2024-12-03

Completion

2024-12-09

Countries

• Indonesia

Study Locations