School Oral Health Intervention in Nepal

NCT05811650 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CNP-1-PHD-1901001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 669
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• DMFT index

  The is the index developed by WHO. DMFT is the sum of the number of Decayed, Missing due to caries, and Filled Teeth in the permanent teeth. The highest score is 32 and lowest is zero

  6 months

• Oral Health Knowledge

  The total oral health knowledge score was ranging from 0-9 being nine as the highest score. The response of the knowledge test was measures as: Yes = 1, No and Don't Know = 0.

  6 months

• Practice on oral health

  Prevalence of children who had better practices of health. Proportion of those who have regular tooth brushing, mouth gargle, tongue cleaning, and dental flush

  6 month

• Health Seeking Behavior

  Proportion of people who have improved health seeking behavior in intervention compared to control

  6 monhts

Study Arms (2)

Oral Health Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Those receiving intervention of oral health and counselling.

Behavioral: Oral Health Counseling and promotion

Control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Those who are not receiving counseling and promotion interventions

Behavioral: Oral Health Counseling and promotion

Interventions

Oral Health Counseling and promotion BEHAVIORAL

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.

Control group; Oral Health Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• The school children, who have studied in the schools at least one year before the start of the study.
• Grade 7

You may not qualify if:

• \- The school children, who were absent for more than one week before the start of the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Paschimanchal Dental Home

Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

• Dr. Kamal Pr Chapain, BDS, MPH

  Paschimanchal Dental Home

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: School Children in the control group will be in control and will not receive any intervention
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD scholar

Model Details: The intervention will target school teachers and school children for counseling and oral health promotion education

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2023
• First Posted: April 13, 2023
• Study Start: February 10, 2020
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2021
• Study Completion: March 31, 2022
• Last Updated: April 13, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR
• Time Frame: Immediately after the completion of the study
• Access Criteria: Request with email to PI

Locations

NE (1)