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Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness

NCT04464941 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2020-07-09

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Summary

A cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment.

Conditions

  • Evaluate the Effects of an Oral Health Promotion Program

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

a composite intervention with both group and individual components for oral health promotion program

The group intervention consisted of: 1\. Group oral health education 2. Display of Bass tooth-brushing methods 3. Broadcasting of songs as tooth-brushing reminders; The individual interventions included: 1\. Instruction in the Bass tooth-brushing method, 2. Individual behavioral modification method

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-21
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-07-10

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