Interactive Oral Health Educational Program for Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Caregivers

NCT06838221 | Not Yet Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: Educational program
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Conducting a research with an interactive oral health educational program and assessing knowledge of caregivers using a questionnaire will help in collecting information about the oral health educational program for children with intellectual disability and the extent of knowledge of care givers in Egypt. This will aid in identifying the knowledge gap, interest, attitude, and practice challenges regarding the children with intellectual disability.

Conditions

Intellectual Disability; Caregiver Burden

Keywords

Interactive oral health educational program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Oral health of children

  Oral health of children: Gingival index (GL) * Before starting the educational program. * At the end of the educational program. Score from 0,1,2,3 and Plaque index (PL) * Before starting the educational program. * At the end of the educational program. Score from 0,1,2,3

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Secondary outcome Knowledge of Care givers Questionnaire chart

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

intellectual disability children and their care givers

oral health educational interactive program of intellectual disabilitry and their care givers

Other: A Before and After study; Other: before and after study

Interventions

A Before and After study OTHER

interactive oral health educational program for children with intellectual disability and their care givers

intellectual disability children and their care givers

before and after study OTHER

To evaluate the oral health of a group of children with disability and determine the effectiveness of the interactive oral health education program on oral health of children and care givers' oral health knowledge.

intellectual disability children and their care givers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Months - 12 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

intellectual disability children and their care givers

You may qualify if:

• children with intellectual disability
• care givers
• IQ(mild)50-69
• IQ(moderate) 35-49

You may not qualify if:

• IQ(severe) 20-34
• refusal to get enrolled in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Da'aj, S.T., Al-Bayati, S., Al-Karawi, A.J., & Hameed, A.S. (2023). Oral Health Education (OHE) Program on Adolescents before and after Teacher's Training in Diyala City: A Comparative Clinical Study. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Intellectual Disability; Caregiver Burden

Interventions

Lead

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Metals, Heavy; Elements; Inorganic Chemicals; Metals

Central Study Contacts

Marnal Ahmed Elbanna, master's researcher

CONTACT

00201005222055; marnal.elbanna@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2025
• First Posted: February 20, 2025
• Study Start: February 14, 2025
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2025
• Study Completion: January 1, 2026
• Last Updated: February 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02