A Strategy to Prevent the Recurrence of Dental Disease in Children Receiving Dental Treatment With General Anesthesia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Caries
• Interventions: Behavioral: verbal education, visual aids, and motivational interviewing; Behavioral: verbal education

• Registration Number: NCT05212142
• Lead Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a preventive strategy in increasing return to follow up and recall appointments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-27
• Study Start: 2022-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-30
• Study Completion: 2023-04-15
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-11
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

1. parent with child (patient) planned for dental treatment with general anesthesia (GA)
2. parent of a child (patient) age less than six
3. parent of a child (patient) with health status of healthy (American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I or II).

Exclusion Criteria

1. parents/guardians who chose not to participate in the study
2. parents who spoke a language other than English or Spanish
3. Parents of a child (patient) with special health care needs or patients of ASA III or IV status

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
New intervention: verbal education, visual aids, and motivational interviewing	verbal education, visual aids, and motivational interviewing	-
Traditional intervention: verbal education	verbal education	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in parental self-efficacy (PSE)	Baseline to 2 weeks	The PSE questionnaire adapted from an combination of questions developed by Dumka et al. and Johnston \& Mash will measure parents perceived self-efficacy in controlling their child's oral health.
Change in parent oral health knowledge	Baseline to 2 weeks	A questionnaire developed by Alsada et al. will be adapted and used to test parent's knowledge of overall oral health.
Follow up return rate	2 weeks	Number of participants who return for follow up in 1 - 2 weeks.
3-month recall return rate	3 months	Number of participants who return for follow up in 3 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University; 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States