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School Oral Health Intervention in Nepal

NCT05811650 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 669

Last updated 2023-04-13

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Summary

Oral health problems in school children are highly prevalent in Nepal. The investigators designed oral health counseling and promotion intervention in Kaski district of Nepal for six months. The study was conducted intervention covering dental check up, counseling, supporting with brush materials, toothpaste, and essentials. The investigators also trained school teachers to provide oral health education in school children and completed the endline data collection to assess the effect of intervention.

Conditions

  • Dental Diseases

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Oral Health Counseling and promotion

The intervention was cluster randomized control trial in design. We select six schools for the intervention group and six schools for the control group. Follow-up of the intervention was done after six months of baseline. Impact of the intervention was assessed among the same participants who enrolled in the baseline. The interventions were done in every three months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Kamal Pr Chapain, BDS, MPH · Paschimanchal Dental Home

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-10
Primary Completion
2021-03-31
Completion
2022-03-31

Countries

  • Nepal

Study Locations

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