A Social Media Intervention on Promoting Oral Heath Among Iranian Adolescents
- Conditions
- Parent-Child RelationsAdolescent BehaviorHealth Behavior
- Interventions
- Behavioral: adolescentsBehavioral: active controlBehavioral: mothers and adolescents
- Registration Number
- NCT03641885
- Lead Sponsor
- Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Online social networking sites, such as Telegram, possess a number of useful features that could enhance oral health promotion interventions, including the ability of users to share personal information, which is aggregated and displayed to other users .This study is a longitudinal controlled trial that is designed to investigate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on improving oral health in adolescents and their mothers. Participants will be allocated in three groups with a) an intervention group in which mothers and children receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram, b) only the children receive the intervention via Telegram and mothers and children receive the questionnaires, and c) mothers and children are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires. The intervention package contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on Oral health behaviors. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baseline, 1 month and 6 months after the interventions.
The primary outcome of this study is to estimate the dyadic mechanisms between mothers and their children regarding improving oral health. Secondary outcome is to investigate whether oral health behavior did improve in the intervention groups in general and also to find the psychological mechanism behind the changes during the time of the study.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 791
- aged 12 to 16
- possess a smartphone
- able or willing to give informed consent
- They are not engaged in other oral-health education or research program.
- They have no physical and/or mental disabilities that will impede their ability to perform their own oral hygiene activities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description adolescents adolescents an intervention group in which adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media active control active control mothers and adolescents are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires mother and adolescents mothers and adolescents an intervention group in which mothers and adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in dental busing behavior using a self-reported questionnaire baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up using a self-reported questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in self-monitoring baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up self-monitoring will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with four items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all true) to 5 (totally true)
changes in intention baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up Behavioral intention will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with four items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
changes in perceived social support baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up perceived social support will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with three items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
changes in self efficacy using a self-reported questionnaire baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up self efficacy will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with four items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
changes in outcome expectancy baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up outcome expectancy will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with three items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
changes in action planning baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up action planning will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with five items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not true) to 5 (totally true)
changes in risk perception baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up risk perception will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with three items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (very unlikely) to 5 (very likely)
Changes in Community Periodontal Index (CPI) baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up The CPI scores are rated (0 = healthy gingiva, 1 = gingival bleeding, 2 = calculus, 3 = pocket from 4 to 5 mm, and 4 = pocket ≥6 mm
changes in coping planning baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up coping planning will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with five items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not true) to 5 (totally true)
Changes in Turesky Modification of the Quigley-Hein Plaque Index baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up The amount of plaque on each enamel block for each lingual and buccal surface is rated on a six point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 (no plaque) to 5 (plaque covering two-thirds or more of the crown of the tooth).
Changes in Oral health related quality of life baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM (PedsQLTM) Oral Health Scale is used to examine Oral health related quality of life. The scale comprises five items. All responses are reverse scored and transformed into a 0-100-point scale with higher scores representing better Oral health related quality of life.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Social Determinants of Health Research Center
🇮🇷Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of