School-based Oral Health Education Program Using Experiential Learning

NCT02320162 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Marquette U
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 351
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this project was to compare the effectiveness of experiential learning (EL) and traditional lecturing (TL) school-based oral health education on the oral health knowledge, attitude, habits, oral hygiene, gingival health and caries incidence of 10 and 13-year-old Greek children. Thee hundred and fifty children were selected from three areas of Greece. Information on oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour were obtained using a questionnaire. Dental plaque was recorded using a modified hygiene index, gingivitis was assessed using the simplified gingival index and dental caries was measured by recording the number of Decayed, Missing and Filled teeth (DMFT) using the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) criteria. All children were examined by two calibrated dentists, using a World Health Organisation (WHO) periodontal probe and artificial light. Questionnaires were delivered and clinical examinations were performed at baseline and at 6 and 18 months post-intervention. The EL oral health educational program was implemented by teachers using the program's manual.

Conditions

Caries; Gingivitis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in dental plaque, gingivitis and caries at 6 and 18 months in 350 children

  350 children were clinically examined and dental plaque, gingivitis and caries were recorded using appropriate indexes. 6 and 18 months later, children were re-examined using the same method to test if there was any change on the dental plaque, gingivitis and caries level and if this change differ significantly between the two different oral health education groups (Experiential learning or Traditional Lecturing).

  baseline, 6 and 18 months

Study Arms (2)

Experiential learning

EXPERIMENTAL

Oral health education using experiential learning (EL)

Behavioral: Experiential learning oral health education

Traditional lecturing

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Oral health education using traditional lecturing (TL)

Behavioral: Experiential learning oral health education

Interventions

Experiential learning oral health education BEHAVIORAL

Experiential learning; Traditional lecturing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• and 13 year-old children
• For the EL group, students were recruited from schools that had teachers previously trained in EL
• Students recruited for the TL group attended schools of the same geographical location as students in the EL group

You may not qualify if:

• Contributory medical history

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Matina Angelopoulou: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Angelopoulou MV, Kavvadia K, Taoufik K, Oulis CJ. Comparative clinical study testing the effectiveness of school based oral health education using experiential learning or traditional lecturing in 10 year-old children. BMC Oral Health. 2015 Apr 28;15:51. doi: 10.1186/s12903-015-0036-4.

  PMID: 25924670 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Gingivitis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Infections; Gingival Diseases; Periodontal Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

• Constantine Oulis, DDS,MS,PhD

  Dental School, University of Athens

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2014
• First Posted: December 19, 2014
• Study Start: February 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2012
• Study Completion: June 1, 2012
• Last Updated: August 30, 2017

Record last verified: 2014-12