School-based Oral Health Education Program Using Experiential Learning

NCT ID: NCT02320162

Last Updated: 2017-08-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 351 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2012-06-30

Brief Summary

The aim of this project was to compare the effectiveness of experiential learning (EL) and traditional lecturing (TL) school-based oral health education on the oral health knowledge, attitude, habits, oral hygiene, gingival health and caries incidence of 10 and 13-year-old Greek children. Thee hundred and fifty children were selected from three areas of Greece. Information on oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour were obtained using a questionnaire. Dental plaque was recorded using a modified hygiene index, gingivitis was assessed using the simplified gingival index and dental caries was measured by recording the number of Decayed, Missing and Filled teeth (DMFT) using the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) criteria. All children were examined by two calibrated dentists, using a World Health Organisation (WHO) periodontal probe and artificial light. Questionnaires were delivered and clinical examinations were performed at baseline and at 6 and 18 months post-intervention. The EL oral health educational program was implemented by teachers using the program's manual.

Conditions

Caries; Gingivitis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experiential learning

Oral health education using experiential learning (EL)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Experiential learning oral health education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Traditional lecturing

Oral health education using traditional lecturing (TL)

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Experiential learning oral health education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

Experiential learning oral health education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 10 and 13 year-old children
• For the EL group, students were recruited from schools that had teachers previously trained in EL
• Students recruited for the TL group attended schools of the same geographical location as students in the EL group

Exclusion Criteria

• Contributory medical history

• Minimum Eligible Age: 9 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Matina Angelopoulou

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Matina Angelopoulou

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Constantine Oulis, DDS,MS,PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Dental School, University of Athens

References

Angelopoulou MV, Kavvadia K, Taoufik K, Oulis CJ. Comparative clinical study testing the effectiveness of school based oral health education using experiential learning or traditional lecturing in 10 year-old children. BMC Oral Health. 2015 Apr 28;15:51. doi: 10.1186/s12903-015-0036-4.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 25924670 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Marquette U

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id