The Impact of Anticipatory Guidance on Early Childhood Caries: a Quasi-experimental Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

478 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-02

Study Completion Date

2017-12-15

Brief Summary

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This study aimed to compare the impact of anticipatory guidance on the caries incidence of 2-3-year-old preschool children and their 4-6-year-old siblings, as well as on their mothers' oral health literacy, as compared to the conventional Ministry of Health (MOH) programme.

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Detailed Description

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This quasi-experimental study was conducted at two government dental clinics in Batu Pahat District, Malaysia. The samples comprised of 478 mother-child-sibling trios (233 families in the intervention group, and 245 families in the control group). An oral health package named the Family Dental Wellness Programme (FDWP) was designed to provide anticipatory guidance to the intervention group at six-month intervals over three years. The control group received the standard MOH oral health education activities. The impact of FDWP on net caries increment, caries prevented fraction, and mother's oral health literacy was assessed after three years of intervention.

Conditions

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Dental Caries in Children

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The model is an oral health education package that covers the following aspects: (i) cognitive component (for example, the provision of basic oral health knowledge using an anticipatory guidance technique); (ii) psychomotor component (for example, the demonstration of basic oral health skills such as toothbrushing skills with a hands-on practical); and (iii) attitude component (activities that help to improve the children's attitude towards oral health). Children (along with their older siblings and mothers) in the study group were required to make six-monthly visits to the dental clinic in the three-year study period. Those in the control group received the conventional Ministry of Health programme.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Both investigators and participants knew about the intervention and who were involved.

Study Groups

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one-to-one dental health education

Conventional oral health education programme that mainly focuses at child level, which has been the normal practice at the Ministry of Health, were provided to the control participants.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Dental health education

Intervention Type OTHER

Anticipatory guidance given to mothers to promote their children's oral health.

anticipatory guidance technique

Anticipatory guidance technique were applied where appropriate dental health education (according to the children's milestones) were provided to mothers and their children.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dental health education

Intervention Type OTHER

Anticipatory guidance given to mothers to promote their children's oral health.

Interventions

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Dental health education

Anticipatory guidance given to mothers to promote their children's oral health.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Anticipatory guidance

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children between the age of 2-3 years old
* Older sibling aged 4 to 6 years categorized as having high caries risk based on a Caries Risk Assessment tool adapted from the American Association of Paediatric Dentistry
* Mothers who were willing to participate in the study