Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Status of Deaf Children

NCT ID: NCT05099146

Last Updated: 2021-11-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-05

Study Completion Date

2020-01-02

Brief Summary

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Objective: To compare the impact of pictorial and video demonstration oral health educational interventions on oral hygiene status of children aged 12-16 years with hearing impairment.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial spanned over the period of three months was conducted in purposively selected three schools of deaf children of Karachi. Baseline dental examination was performed to assess the dental plaque and gingival status of study participants. Dental plaque and gingival status of the participants was assessed by employing the World Health Organization recommended Plaque Index and Gingival Index. The 60 children were than randomly allocated into three interventional groups, pictorial, video and control, 20 in each group. The children were examined again after one month of oral health education provision by single examiner. Tooth brushes were provided to students at the time of baseline examination to use for one month. Collected data was subjected to statistical analysis and described in terms of Mean and Standard Deviation, mixed model ANNOVA was applied to see the difference between the mean plaque and gingival scores of three groups after one month. The p-value of \<0.05 was considered as statistically significant at the 95% confidence interval.

Detailed Description

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Background: Health education, conventionally and appropriately, one of the foundation of preventive dentistry, has over the years involved in significant investments of time, power, human resources and funds. Children with impaired hearing have difficulties in speaking and communication and so learning process would be longer and even more challenging than the other children without such disabilities.

Objective: To compare the impact of pictorial and video demonstration oral health educational interventions on oral hygiene status of children aged 12-16 years with hearing impairment.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial spanned over the period of three months was conducted in purposively selected three schools of deaf children of Karachi. Baseline dental examination was performed to assess the dental plaque and gingival status of study participants. Dental plaque and gingival status of the participants was assessed by employing the World Health Organization recommended Plaque Index and Gingival Index. The 60 children were than randomly allocated into three interventional groups, pictorial, video and control, 20 in each group. The children were examined again after one month of oral health education provision by single examiner. Tooth brushes were provided to students at the time of baseline examination to use for one month. Collected data was subjected to statistical analysis and described in terms of Mean and Standard Deviation, mixed model ANNOVA was applied to see the difference between the mean plaque and gingival scores of three groups after one month. The p-value of \<0.05 was considered as statistically significant at the 95% confidence interval.

Conditions

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Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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pictorial

brushing technique taught by using pictures

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

pictures

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

pictures with brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

video

brushing technique taught by showing video

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

video

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

video of brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

control

only oral hygiene instructions provided

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

oral hygiene instructions provided

Interventions

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pictures

pictures with brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

video

video of brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

control

oral hygiene instructions provided

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children with hearing impairment
* Children with age of 12-16 years
* Children with no systemic disease
* Children with Plaque adhering to the free gingival margin, more than one third and more than two thirds of tooth surface
* Children with mild, moderate and severe gingivitis
* Agreement on written accent
* Agreement to comply with study visits and procedure

Exclusion Criteria

* Conditions requiring antibiotic pre-medication prior to dental examination
* Children with extensive dental calculus
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Dow University of Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Maria Moin

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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MARIA MOIN, MDS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCINCES

Locations

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Ida Rieu College For Blind And Deaf

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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DowMDS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id