Smartphone Application Based Reminder Therapy in Orthodontic Patients

NCT ID: NCT05001490

Last Updated: 2022-09-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-01-31

Brief Summary

This randomized control trial was performed to asses the efficiency of smartphone application based reminder therapy on plaque control and oral hygiene at two points in time.

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trial was performed to assess the effect of the smartphone application based reminders for oral hygiene reinforcement on orthodontic patients. Methods: 60 orthodontic patients were randomly allocated to either control or experimental group (30 each). Experimental groups received reminders twice a day by a smartphone application. Plaque scoring was done by using Turesky modified Quigley-Hein plaque index (TMQHPI) at baseline(T0), after 2 weeks(T1) and after 6 weeks(T3). Results: Significant difference in plaque scores was found at T2(6 weeks), but no significant difference was found at T1(2 weeks). Conclusions: Active smartphone-based reminder therapy for oral hygiene maintenance during fixed appliance orthodontic treatment decreases the plaque scores in patients in medium to long term

Conditions

Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Experimental group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Smartphone application based reminder

Intervention Type: OTHER

Brushing reminders were given to the patients in experimental group through a smartphone application twice daily

Control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Smartphone application based reminder

Brushing reminders were given to the patients in experimental group through a smartphone application twice daily

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Routine oral hygiene instructions

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with prosthesis in the mouth and those taking antibiotics, anti-epileptics, anti-hypertensives and immunosuppressive medications were excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Rehman Medical Institute - RMI

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Salman Khan

Resident, department of orthodontics

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Aneela Nausheen, FCPS

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Rehman-MI

Muhammad K Asif, PHD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Rehman-MI

Locations

Rehman medical institute

Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

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Other Identifiers

EC 2020-09-055

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id