Effect of parent oriented educational mobile messages in pre-schoolers with tooth decay.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K025- Dental caries on pit and fissure surface
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050519
- Lead Sponsor
- Anu Sara Varghese
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1.Children aged 3-6 years attending preschools
2.Parents who accept to participate in all stages of research by signing a written informed
consent form.
3.Parents who already have WhatsApp Messenger application installed on their smartphones,
or those who agree to install it for participating in the study.
4.Parents who can read and understand English language
Exclusion Criteria
1.Children who are severely ill, or with any systemic disease
2.Children having zero caries experience.
3.Children having severe caries experience (DMFT >7)
4.Parents who do not use smart phone
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To assess and compare the ‘chance of avoiding new cavities’ using Cariogram software for conventional and interventional groups. <br/ ><br>2.To assess the contribution of the various risk factors in Cariogram software for conventional and interventional groupsTimepoint: baseline, 4 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI