The Impact of Anticipatory Guidance on Early Childhood Caries: a Quasi-experimental Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 478
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Incidence of dental caries
研究概览
简要总结
This study aimed to compare the impact of anticipatory guidance on the caries incidence of 2-3-year-old preschool children and their 4-6-year-old siblings, as well as on their mothers' oral health literacy, as compared to the conventional Ministry of Health (MOH) programme.
详细描述
This quasi-experimental study was conducted at two government dental clinics in Batu Pahat District, Malaysia. The samples comprised of 478 mother-child-sibling trios (233 families in the intervention group, and 245 families in the control group). An oral health package named the Family Dental Wellness Programme (FDWP) was designed to provide anticipatory guidance to the intervention group at six-month intervals over three years. The control group received the standard MOH oral health education activities. The impact of FDWP on net caries increment, caries prevented fraction, and mother's oral health literacy was assessed after three years of intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
Both investigators and participants knew about the intervention and who were involved.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 2 Years 至 6 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Children between the age of 2-3 years old
- •Older sibling aged 4 to 6 years categorized as having high caries risk based on a Caries Risk Assessment tool adapted from the American Association of Paediatric Dentistry
- •Mothers who were willing to participate in the study
排除标准
- •Medically compromised children
结局指标
主要结局
Incidence of dental caries
时间窗: Baseline and 3 years
Change from baseline dental caries prevalence at 3 years using visual and tactile examination
次要结局
- Mothers' oral health literacy(Baseline and 3 years)
研究者
Norintan Ab Murat
Associate Professor
University of Malaya