A Social Media Intervention on Promoting Oral Heath Among Iranian Adolescents

NCT03641885 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: IR.QUMS.REC.1396.601
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 791
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Online social networking sites, such as Telegram, possess a number of useful features that could enhance oral health promotion interventions, including the ability of users to share personal information, which is aggregated and displayed to other users .This study is a longitudinal controlled trial that is designed to investigate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on improving oral health in adolescents and their mothers. Participants will be allocated in three groups with a) an intervention group in which mothers and children receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram, b) only the children receive the intervention via Telegram and mothers and children receive the questionnaires, and c) mothers and children are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires. The intervention package contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on Oral health behaviors. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baseline, 1 month and 6 months after the interventions. The primary outcome of this study is to estimate the dyadic mechanisms between mothers and their children regarding improving oral health. Secondary outcome is to investigate whether oral health behavior did improve in the intervention groups in general and also to find the psychological mechanism behind the changes during the time of the study.

Conditions

Health Behavior; Adolescent Behavior; Parent-Child Relations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• changes in dental busing behavior using a self-reported questionnaire

  using a self-reported questionnaire

  baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• changes in self efficacy using a self-reported questionnaire

  baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

• changes in outcome expectancy

  baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

• changes in coping planning

  baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

• changes in action planning

  baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

• changes in risk perception

  baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

Study Arms (3)

mother and adolescents

EXPERIMENTAL

an intervention group in which mothers and adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media

Behavioral: mothers and adolescents

adolescents

EXPERIMENTAL

an intervention group in which adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media

Behavioral: adolescents

active control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

mothers and adolescents are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires

Behavioral: active control

Interventions

mothers and adolescents BEHAVIORAL

The intervention package will be sent to mothers and adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.

mother and adolescents

adolescents BEHAVIORAL

The intervention package will be sent to only adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.

adolescents

active control BEHAVIORAL

The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on oral health behavior via telegram. There will be 3 assessment points in time, with 1 month and six months in between.

active control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• aged 12 to 16
• possess a smartphone
• able or willing to give informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• They are not engaged in other oral-health education or research program.
• They have no physical and/or mental disabilities that will impede their ability to perform their own oral hygiene activities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Social Determinants of Health Research Center

Qazvin, 3419759811, Iran

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior; Adolescent Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 20, 2018
• First Posted: August 22, 2018
• Study Start: February 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2018
• Study Completion: November 1, 2018
• Last Updated: December 11, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-12

Locations

IR (1)