A Social Media Intervention on Promoting Oral Heath Among Iranian Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT03641885

Last Updated: 2018-12-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

791 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-02-01

Study Completion Date

2018-11-01

Brief Summary

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Online social networking sites, such as Telegram, possess a number of useful features that could enhance oral health promotion interventions, including the ability of users to share personal information, which is aggregated and displayed to other users .This study is a longitudinal controlled trial that is designed to investigate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on improving oral health in adolescents and their mothers. Participants will be allocated in three groups with a) an intervention group in which mothers and children receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram, b) only the children receive the intervention via Telegram and mothers and children receive the questionnaires, and c) mothers and children are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires. The intervention package contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on Oral health behaviors. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baseline, 1 month and 6 months after the interventions.

The primary outcome of this study is to estimate the dyadic mechanisms between mothers and their children regarding improving oral health. Secondary outcome is to investigate whether oral health behavior did improve in the intervention groups in general and also to find the psychological mechanism behind the changes during the time of the study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Health Behavior Adolescent Behavior Parent-Child Relations

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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mother and adolescents

an intervention group in which mothers and adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

mothers and adolescents

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention package will be sent to mothers and adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.

adolescents

an intervention group in which adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

adolescents

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention package will be sent to only adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.

active control

mothers and adolescents are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

active control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on oral health behavior via telegram. There will be 3 assessment points in time, with 1 month and six months in between.

Interventions

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mothers and adolescents

The intervention package will be sent to mothers and adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

adolescents

The intervention package will be sent to only adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

active control

The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on oral health behavior via telegram. There will be 3 assessment points in time, with 1 month and six months in between.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 12 to 16
* possess a smartphone
* able or willing to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* They are not engaged in other oral-health education or research program.
* They have no physical and/or mental disabilities that will impede their ability to perform their own oral hygiene activities.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Amir H Pakpour

Director of Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Social Determinants of Health Research Center

Qazvin, , Iran

Site Status

Countries

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Iran

Other Identifiers

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IR.QUMS.REC.1396.601

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id