Effect of Dental Educational Program on Oral Hygiene Status Among Institutionalized Deaf Children

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Hearing Loss
• Interventions: Other: no educational program; Behavioral: educational programm

• Registration Number: NCT03030014
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

assess the effect of dental educational program on oral hygiene among institutionalized hearing impaired and mute children in Cairo, Egypt.

Detailed Description

* Evaluate participants satisfaction regarding the dental educational program(learning teeth brushing technique)

* Measure the oral hygiene index simplified to the participants at a different follow up periods for assessing the effect of the dental educational program on oral hygiene.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-24
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Study Start: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-08
• Primary Completion: 2017-06
• Study Completion: 2017-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 238

Inclusion Criteria

• Children aged from 6-12 years with mixed dentition.
• Institutionalized Deaf children in Cairo, Egypt.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Children above the age of 12 years and below the age of 6 years
• Patient un able to give informed consent
• Patient suffering from any other type of disability such as (mental retardation, physically and mentally handicapped, .etc.)
• Medically compromised patient
• Patient who were absent in the day of examination

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
no educational programm	no educational program	without educational program Three follow up examination is assessed after one week, three weeks and six weeks using questionnaire for evaluation of participant satisfaction about oral health and using OHIS index for evaluating the effect of the dental educational program on the oral health status of deaf children.
educational programm	educational programm	Oral health education will be done for children and their care givers about various diseases affecting the oral cavity, the effects of bad oral hygiene and tooth decay, importance of tooth brushing, and correct methods of tooth brushing. Three follow up examination is assessed after one week, three weeks and six weeks using questionnaire for evaluation of participant satisfaction about oral health and using OHIS index for evaluating the effect of the dental educational program on the oral health status of deaf children.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
patient satisfaction	6 weeks	this outcome will be assessed via questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
oral hygiene index simplified	6 weeks