Effectiveness of Smart Phone Application in Improving Oral Health Behaviours of Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT04307771

Last Updated: 2020-09-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 152 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2021-04-30

Brief Summary

This study would be a first step towards mobile-health associated Sustainable Development Goals by World Health Organization, as there are no mobile-health driven oral health activities in Karachi, Pakistan. Concurrently, it will help in improving knowledge and practices of adolescents towards general dental hygiene as this age is crucial for the prognosis of newly erupted permanent teeth. This would help in preventing chronic problems of adulthood. This will also help in reducing the number of days missed from school, increasing self-confidence of individuals as bad breath has a negative impact on one's self-esteem and confidence, giving a positive sense of aesthetics and will also keep in check over-all body health.Persistent unmaintained dental hygiene also overburdens families due to its high-maintenance outcomes like caries and early tooth loss. Dental treatment is considered as fourth most expensive treatment in developing countries . According to recent studies, households of low and middle income countries are at a higher risk of falling below the poverty line due to expenditure on dental problems. Such a simple intervention making use of modern-day technology would enable adolescents to keep their oral health in check and would prevent them from facing consequences of poor oral health.

Conditions

Oral Hygiene

Study Design

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

Study Groups

m-health application

a mobile app designed to send reminders for brushing and give information on maintaining oral health

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

m-Health application

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Dental Buddy is a mobile application that has been designed to improve oral hygiene maintenance behaviours in teenagers

Leaflet

This is the control arm. An educational leaflet for maintaining oral hygiene will be given to participants in this arm

Group Type: OTHER

m-Health application

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Dental Buddy is a mobile application that has been designed to improve oral hygiene maintenance behaviours in teenagers

Interventions

m-Health application

Dental Buddy is a mobile application that has been designed to improve oral hygiene maintenance behaviours in teenagers

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Dental Buddy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adolescent of age between 14-19 years
• Having access to an android device at home; either personal or parents'
• Would be able to use the app twice every day- Having access to Wi-Fi at home- for downloading the app.
• Willing to give consent
• participate in the study till the follow-up period.

Exclusion Criteria

• - Having mixed dentition
• Undergoing orthodontic treatment
• Should have no serious existing gingival or dental problems* that could hinder calculation of plaque or gingival scores
• Should have no serious existing gingival or dental problems* that could hinder routine brushing.
• Taking medications that have effect on gingival/dental health
• Having intrinsic or extrinsic enamel defects/ tooth malformations
• Having more than 1/3rd of the tooth stained due to areca nut chewing, smokeless tobacco (gutkha) chewing or cigarette smoking.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 19 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Aga Khan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr.Javeria Nafis

Post Graduate Student, Department of Community Health Sciences, Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Shafquat Rozi, Dr

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Aga Khan University

Central Contacts

Javeria Nafis, Dr

Role: CONTACT

jojinafees@hotmail.com

923333914773

Saad Shoeb, Dr

Role: CONTACT

saadshoeb92@gmail.com

923362187080

Other Identifiers

3539

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id