Comparing the Effect of the Online Oral Health Education to the Conventional Method on the Knowledge and Practice of Personal Oral Hygiene in a Group of Primary School Children in Egypt. A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 636
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Effect of Oral Health Education on the Oral Health Knowledge in Primary School Children Aged 7-9 Years Old
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to compare the results of online oral health education and conventional oral health education methods in terms of their effectiveness towards improving the knowledge and practice of oral hygiene in primary school children in Egypt.
This study is done in two schools in Egypt, in 3rd and 4th grade respectfully. The classrooms in each grade will be randomly assigned to each of the two groups (online and conventional oral health education). A questionnaire that assesses knowledge and attitude towards self oral care will be administered by the primary investigator before and after the oral health education sessions. The pre and post questionnaires will be compared in terms of results to evaluate the effectiveness of both methods.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
the participants will know the group they are assigned to since they need to access the online oral health education sessions in case of being assigned to that group. The participants in conventional method will receive their oral health education sessions in their classrooms directly, thus making it impossible to mask both participant groups.
the care provider is the primary investigator, and he is the person responsible of delivering the oral health education sessions which makes it impossible to mask the intervention details.
Only the outcomes assessor (which is the statistician) will be blinded from the groups involved, names of participants and study details.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 10 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •3rd and 4th grade Egyptian students.
- •Average of age 7-10 years old.
- •Currently residing in Egypt.
- •Both male and female students.
排除标准
- •Those who do not consent to participate in the study.
- •Those who cannot speak English or Arabic.
- •Non-Egyptians
结局指标
主要结局
Effect of Oral Health Education on the Oral Health Knowledge in Primary School Children Aged 7-9 Years Old
时间窗: 2 months
A questionnaire will be assigned to the participants to determine level of knowledge. Higher mean value of correct answer is considered to be of satisfactory outcome. lesser mean value of correct answers is considered to be unsatisfactory. The scale of measurement would be the total number of scores per participant entry on the knowledge section of the questionnaire. The knowledge section of the questionnaire contains 5 questions, 4 single answer questions and 1 multiple-answer question with two correct answers. The total score for the knowledge section is 6 marks (4+2), where the lowest score is 0 and the highest is 6. Higher scores mean better outcomes and lower scores mean worse outcomes.
次要结局
- Effect of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Measures Practice in Primary School Children Aged 7-9 Years Old(2 months)
研究者
Omar Alaa Taqa
Master's degree student
Ain Shams University