Effectiveness of different oral health education methods among hearing and speech impaired children â?? A clinical trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H913- Deaf nonspeaking, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039703
- Lead Sponsor
- DR RAM SURATH KUMAR K
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All children in the age group of 12 â?? 15 years having hearing loss of 70
dB or greater (severe hearing loss) with speech impairment.
All the index teeth should have completely erupted.
Exclusion Criteria
Children with mild or moderate hearing loss.
Children with underlying systemic disease and/or other special health care needs conditions.
Children on medications.
Uncooperative children.
Parents and children not agreeing to give consent and assent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gingival index, Plaque index, OHI-S indexTimepoint: baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 4 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in oral health knowledgeTimepoint: baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 4 months