Effectiveness of Social Media Based Oral Health Promotion Programme Among College Students in Chennai- An Interventional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- Unknown
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 140
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- 1)Oral Hygiene Index -
研究概览
简要总结
This study was designed to assess and compare the effectiveness of social media based health education (using WhatsApp mobile application) on the oral health status of the college students in Chennai. Two hundred and fifty students will be screened and one hundred and forty students who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomly allocated to the intervention and the control group.
The level of WhatsApp addiction among the students will be assessed using the WhatsApp Addiction Scale. The Oral Health Status of students in both the groups shall be assessed using Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (John.C. Greene and Jack. R. Vermillion, 1964) and Modified Gingival Index (Lobene et al.). Also, data regarding the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards oral health will be collected using a pre-tested questionnaire by Santosh Kumar et al. Oral health education shall be provided to all the students using various methods such as lecture, peer teaching and demonstrations using tooth models and other oral health education aids. The control group would be restrained from any form of oral health education, thereafter. The intervention will be given to the interventional group through the social networking application called Whatsapp– which aimed at providing oral health education through picture, video and text messages to improve the Oral Health Status. After baseline examination, the intervention will be given at the first, second and thirdmonth.. Follow up examinations will be carried out among both the groups at the third and the sixth month. Oral Health Status will be assessed using Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (John.C. Greene and Jack. R. Vermillion, 1964) and Modified Gingival Index (Lobene et al.). Also, their knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards oral health will be assessed again using the pre-tested questionnaire by Santosh Kumar et al. The time frame for the study will be six months.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc
- 盲法
- Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18.00 Year(s) 至 22.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Participants with baseline OHI-S score and Modified Gingival Index score more than
- •Participants who are not suffering from any apparent systemic illness/disease.
排除标准
- •Participants who did not wish to give consent.
- •Participants who suffered from acute infectious dental conditions.
- •Participants who underwent/undergoing orthodontic treatment.
- •Participants who underwent dental procedures 3 months prior to the start of the study and thereafter.
- •Participants who were under medication for any systemic illness.
- •Participants who have visual/ hearing impairment.
结局指标
主要结局
1)Oral Hygiene Index -
时间窗: Baseline (October 2017), First(November 2017), Third(January 2018) and Sixth(April 2018) month
Simplified (John.C. Greene and Jack. R. Vermillion, 1964)
时间窗: Baseline (October 2017), First(November 2017), Third(January 2018) and Sixth(April 2018) month
2. Modified Gingival Index (Lobene et al.)
时间窗: Baseline (October 2017), First(November 2017), Third(January 2018) and Sixth(April 2018) month
次要结局
- 3. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards oral health was assessed using the pre-tested questionnaire by Santosh kumar et al.(baseline(October 2017) and sixth(April 2018) month)