The Impact of Anticipatory Guidance on Early Childhood Caries: a Quasi-experimental Study

NCT03478748 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DFCO1505/0005P
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 478
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to compare the impact of anticipatory guidance on the caries incidence of 2-3-year-old preschool children and their 4-6-year-old siblings, as well as on their mothers' oral health literacy, as compared to the conventional Ministry of Health (MOH) programme.

Conditions

Dental Caries in Children

Keywords

Dental caries; Oral health literacy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of dental caries

  Change from baseline dental caries prevalence at 3 years using visual and tactile examination

  Baseline and 3 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Mothers' oral health literacy

  Baseline and 3 years

Study Arms (2)

one-to-one dental health education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Conventional oral health education programme that mainly focuses at child level, which has been the normal practice at the Ministry of Health, were provided to the control participants.

Other: Dental health education

anticipatory guidance technique

EXPERIMENTAL

Anticipatory guidance technique were applied where appropriate dental health education (according to the children's milestones) were provided to mothers and their children.

Other: Dental health education

Interventions

Dental health education OTHER

Anticipatory guidance given to mothers to promote their children's oral health.

Also known as: Anticipatory guidance

anticipatory guidance technique; one-to-one dental health education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children between the age of 2-3 years old
• Older sibling aged 4 to 6 years categorized as having high caries risk based on a Caries Risk Assessment tool adapted from the American Association of Paediatric Dentistry
• Mothers who were willing to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Medically compromised children

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Malaya: lead

Study Sites (1)

Batu Pahat Dental Clinic

Batu Pahat, Johor, 83100, Malaysia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ismail A, Razak IA, Ab-Murat N. The impact of anticipatory guidance on early childhood caries: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Oral Health. 2018 Jul 27;18(1):126. doi: 10.1186/s12903-018-0589-0.

  PMID: 30053849 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dental Caries

Interventions

Health Education, Dental

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tooth Demineralization; Tooth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Education; Preventive Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Public Health Dentistry; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Norintan Ab Murat, PhD

  University of Malaya

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Both investigators and participants knew about the intervention and who were involved.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: The model is an oral health education package that covers the following aspects: (i) cognitive component (for example, the provision of basic oral health knowledge using an anticipatory guidance technique); (ii) psychomotor component (for example, the demonstration of basic oral health skills such as toothbrushing skills with a hands-on practical); and (iii) attitude component (activities that help to improve the children's attitude towards oral health). Children (along with their older siblings and mothers) in the study group were required to make six-monthly visits to the dental clinic in the three-year study period. Those in the control group received the conventional Ministry of Health programme.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2018
• First Posted: March 27, 2018
• Study Start: January 2, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2017
• Study Completion: December 15, 2017
• Last Updated: March 27, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

MY (1)