Effect of Educational Intervention in Mothers for Prevention of Caries in Their Children

NCT ID: NCT01763138

Last Updated: 2013-01-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

126 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-06-30

Study Completion Date

2012-11-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of an educational intervention on mothers knowledge, attitudes and practices for preventing childhood caries.

Detailed Description

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Health education is being used as a key preventive tool in the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, obesity, mental illness, neurological disturbances as well as dental diseases.

Amongst the dental diseases, dental caries is a high prevalence chronic childhood disease having long term growth and developmental implications . A number of educational programs have been utilized to decrease its prevalence especially in disadvantaged communities.

Dental caries is a complex interplay of a number of risk factors such as demographic (socioeconomic status, race, etc.) behavioral, dietary and cultural factors. Among the dietary intake, the most significant risk factor has been a high frequency intake of sugary foods and drinks.Patterns of sugar intake are established early in life and sugar intake increases in the first two years of life.

Early feeding practices and lack of oral hygiene maintenance have been identified as risk factors for caries in subsequent years. Maternal education can prove to be protective against dental caries by way of child's dietary practices.

Research has also indicated a reduction in prevalence of caries in children whose parents were previously participants of an oral health educational program.

Educating mothers about oral hygiene and feeding practices before the child transitions from exclusive milk diet to a variety of foods in an important time to exert a positive influence on dietary intake of child and overall oral health.

Conditions

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Dental Caries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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pamphlet and reminder

pictorial oral health pamphlet comprising of instructions on child's oral hygiene and feeding practices and a oral health education reminder phone call after a period of one month.

Group Type OTHER

oral health education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

oral health education in the form of a pictorial pamphlet.

reminder phone call

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

a reminder phone call on oral health instructions would be given to mothers after every one month over a period of three months.

pamphlet only

oral health education pictorial pamphlet would be provided to mothers however there will be no reminder phone calls.

Group Type OTHER

oral health education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

oral health education in the form of a pictorial pamphlet.

control

no oral health education or reminder phone calls will be provided to mothers.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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oral health education

oral health education in the form of a pictorial pamphlet.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

reminder phone call

a reminder phone call on oral health instructions would be given to mothers after every one month over a period of three months.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Mothers of 9-15 months old attending the vaccination clinic who consented to be a part of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Mothers with severely ill children or children suffering from a co-morbid disease.
Minimum Eligible Age

9 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Sheikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of the Punjab

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Fatima Ishfaq

Dr. Fatima Ishfaq

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fatima Ishfaq, BDS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sheikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute

Locations

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Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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fatima ishfaq

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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