Impact of an Educational Program on Gingival Status and Oral Health Related Quality of Life

Completed

• Conditions: Oral Disease; Gingival Disease
• Interventions: Behavioral: Oral Health Educational Program

• Registration Number: NCT03723174
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

This research targets the evaluation of the impact of oral health educational programs on the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in early adolescence of the Egyptian population. Each participant will benefit from the education of the proper oral hygiene practices under the supervision and follow up of the investigator in addition to the potential improvement of his/ her oral health related quality of life.

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to improve the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in the Egyptian population's early adolescence. The intervention is an Oral health educational program based on the following:

* Tooth brushing: the modified bass technique is the method of choice the skill will be taught using a video followed by a model demonstration then a supervised brushing session done by the participants.

* Dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist will be introduced in the form of power point presentation that will be set according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).

* Participant will be asked to come for 4 visits one for base line data collection and administration of the intervention and another 3 follow up visits once per month.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-29
• Study Start: 2020-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-20
• Study Completion: 2021-05-30
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-27
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 91

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged from 11-14 years old
2. No reported systemic disease
3. No administration of antibiotics in the last month
4. No fixed or removable appliance
5. Absence of acute phase of any oral disease

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Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient refuses to participate in the study
2. patient fails to attend follow up sessions

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single Arm	Oral Health Educational Program	baseline data will be calculated before the oral health educational program using gingival index and after 3 months from the intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short form Child perception questionnaire 11-14	3 months	assessment of Oral symptoms, functional limitations, emotional and social well being. each domain scores from 0-20 where 20 means the worst quality of life in each domain.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Photographic evaluation and interpretation using Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 2021	3 months	assessment of Swelling of gingiva red color characteristics using number of red pixels

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New Giza University; 🇪🇬 Giza, Egypt