Effectiveness of Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) on Oral Healthcare Education for the Independent Elderly

NCT05834790 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MAR2023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 75
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 6

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn the outcomes of Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) for oral health education program in the independent elderly. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Can MAR for oral health education program provide better outcomes comparing to lecture-based education program and no intervention group. The activity centers from the list will be randomly chosen and assigned to MAR, lecture, and no intervention groups.
• Participants from activity centers that were assigned as MAR and lecture groups will attend one time education program. They have to finish questionnaires 3 times and receive 2 times oral examination.
• Participants from activity centers that was assigned as no intervention group will not attend any education program. They have to finish questionnaires 2 times and receive 2 times oral examination.

Conditions

Aged

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Baseline oral healthcare-related knowledge

  Fifteen statements will be used to measure participants' knowledge. The possible answers include True, False, and Don't know. Correct answer scores 1, while incorrect answer and Don't know score 0. A higher score indicates a higher degree of oral healthcare-related knowledge with a possible score of 0-15

  This outcome will be measured before intervention for all groups

• Change of the baseline oral healthcare-related knowledge immediately after intervention

  Fifteen statements will be used to measure participants' knowledge. The possible answers include True, False, and Don't know. Correct answer scores 1, while incorrect answer and Don't know score 0. A higher score indicates a higher degree of oral healthcare-related knowledge with a possible score of 0-15

  This outcome will be measured immediately after intervention for lecture and MAR groups

• Change of the baseline oral healthcare-related knowledge 2 weeks after intervention

  Fifteen statements will be used to measure participants' knowledge. The possible answers include True, False, and Don't know. Correct answer scores 1, while incorrect answer and Don't know score 0. A higher score indicates a higher degree of oral healthcare-related knowledge with a possible score of 0-15

  This outcome will be measured 2 weeks after intervention for all groups

• Baseline self-efficacy about oral healthcare tools suitability evaluation and usage

  Seven statements were used to evaluate participants' self-efficacy about oral healthcare tools' suitability evaluation and usage. Each item will be scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree. A higher score indicates a higher degree of self-efficacy with a possible score of 7-35.

  This outcome will be measured before intervention for all groups

• Change of the baseline self-efficacy about oral healthcare tools suitability evaluation and usage immediately after intervention

  Seven statements were used to evaluate participants' self-efficacy about oral healthcare tools' suitability evaluation and usage. Each item will be scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree. A higher score indicates a higher degree of self-efficacy with a possible score of 7-35.

  This outcome will be measured immediately after intervention for lecture and MAR groups

• Change of the baseline self-efficacy about oral healthcare tools suitability evaluation and usage 2 weeks after intervention

  Seven statements were used to evaluate participants' self-efficacy about oral healthcare tools' suitability evaluation and usage. Each item will be scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree. A higher score indicates a higher degree of self-efficacy with a possible score of 7-35.

  This outcome will be measured before intervention for all groups

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Baseline tongue coating

  This outcome will be measured before intervention

• Change of the baseline tongue coating

  This outcome will be measured 2 weeks after intervention

• Baseline plaque index

  This outcome will be measured before intervention

• Change of the baseline plaque index

  This outcome will be measured 2 weeks after intervention

• Baseline gingival index

  This outcome will be measured before intervention

Other Outcomes (2)

• Baseline Usability Scale

  This outcome will be measured MAR group immediately after intervention

• Change of the baseline Usability Scale

  This outcome will be measured MAR group 2 weeks after intervention

Study Arms (3)

MAR group

EXPERIMENTAL

The participants in this group will attend the MAR oral health education program

Other: Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) for oral health education program

lecture-based group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The participants in this group will attend the lecture oral health education program

Other: Lecture-based oral health education program

controlled group

NO INTERVENTION

The participants in this group will not attend any oral health education program

Interventions

Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) for oral health education program OTHER

MAR application named MAKAR will be available to download and use for smartphones and tablets. Participants will need to scan QR code to access the content of oral health education program

MAR group

Lecture-based oral health education program OTHER

The oral health education program that will be delivered by traditional lecture-based process

lecture-based group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• the elderly who are able to use a smartphone
• the elderly who can read and understand traditional Chinese

You may not qualify if:

• the elderly who has communication problems

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: lead

Study Sites (6)

Guandu Elderly Activity Center

Taipei, 112, Taiwan

Location

Taoyuan Activity Center

Taipei, 112, Taiwan

Location

Datong Activity Center

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

Hushan Village Activity Center

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

Quanyuan village activity center

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

Zhongxin Village Activity Center

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

Study Officials

• Ming-Lun Hsu

  National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Three activity centers from the list will be randomly chosen and assigned to MAR, lecture, and no intervention groups.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 13, 2023
• First Posted: April 28, 2023
• Study Start: April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 27, 2023
• Study Completion: July 27, 2023
• Last Updated: July 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (6)