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

NCT05099146 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DowMDS
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Hearing Loss

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change of dental plaque status

  Assessed by plaque index, Change of plaque score From high to low levels after1 month

  one month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in oral hygiene status

  one month

Study Arms (3)

pictorial

EXPERIMENTAL

brushing technique taught by using pictures

Behavioral: pictures

video

EXPERIMENTAL

brushing technique taught by showing video

Behavioral: video

control

EXPERIMENTAL

only oral hygiene instructions provided

Behavioral: control

Interventions

pictures BEHAVIORAL

pictures with brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

pictorial

video BEHAVIORAL

video of brushing technique demonstrated technique for proper brushing

video

control BEHAVIORAL

oral hygiene instructions provided

control

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• Conditions requiring antibiotic pre-medication prior to dental examination
• Children with extensive dental calculus

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dow University of Health Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ida Rieu College For Blind And Deaf

Karachi, Sindh, 77440, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Interventions

Motion Pictures; Videotape Recording

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hearing Disorders; Ear Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Audiovisual Aids; Educational Technology; Technology; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Tape Recording; Television

Study Officials

• MARIA MOIN, MDS

  DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCINCES

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2021
• First Posted: October 29, 2021
• Study Start: October 5, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 5, 2019
• Study Completion: January 2, 2020
• Last Updated: November 10, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)