Mobile Phone Messaging to Parents: To Improve Oral Hygiene Among Primary School Children In Quetta, Pakistan
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 362
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Change in the Oral Hygiene Index Scores
研究概览
简要总结
Oral health is an important component of general health and oral cavity acts as a mirror to the health of individuals and communities. Inadequate focus on primary prevention of oral diseases, poses a sizeable challenge for numerous countries, especially low and middle income countries.
Mobile phone technology is relatively new and its successes in chronic disease is well documented but there is little evidence available in its use for improving oral health and dietary habits of children.
This will be a Pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT) . It will be conducted in public and private sector schools of Quetta city, Pakistan. Study will comprise of intervention and a control arm. Duration of intervention is 6 months.
In the intervention group, study participants will be the parents. School teachers will send oral health education and reminder messages on frequent intervals to educate children's parents on oral hygiene and reinforce their behaviors to improve their child oral health.
The primary school children in the control group will not receive any intervention
详细描述
Oral health is a vital part of general health and oral cavity is considered as a mirror to the health of individuals and communities. Poor oral health has a great impact on general health and several oral conditions are found to be associated with heart and lung diseases, diabetes, low-birth-weight and premature births. Oral conditions also affect the quality of life through affecting speech, eating, education, facial appearance, confidence and social interaction.
Schools settings are important to reach children. School going age is considered as a receptive and influential phase in an individual's life during which lifelong health related behaviors, attitudes and beliefs are developed. Parents have great role in improving their children's oral health. They can influence their children oral health and behaviors and can provide a supportive environment to their children at home in terms of oral hygiene and diet and prevention of risk factors for oral diseases.
Mobile phone text messaging is a powerful tool for changing behaviors as these are common, available, low-cost, and quick.(30) Text messaging can be utilized in reducing the global burden of diseases by promoting healthy behaviors and supporting disease prevention
The main objective of this study is to assess the use of mobile phone (health) messages to Parents of public and private sector primary school children to improve their oral hygiene status
This study will be a Pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT), comprising of two arms Intervention and Control arm.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Years 至 12 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •School children enrolled in primary schools (public and private) in Quetta city.
- •Primary School children who are permanent residents of Quetta
排除标准
- •Primary School children whose parents/caregivers do not own a mobile phone
- •Primary School children having orthodontic or any other mouth appliance for example Braces etc.
- •Primary School children who have been diagnosed for a systemic illness e.g. Blood disorders or, Diabetes
- •Primary School children who are absent during the time of data collection
结局指标
主要结局
Change in the Oral Hygiene Index Scores
时间窗: 6 months
Oral hygiene will be measured through "Simplified Oral Hygiene Index" (OHI-S). Each participant will undergo a dental examination in the school by a trained group of examiners (Qualified Dentists). The WHO recommended protocols for Dental examinations will be followed in assessing outcome measure. Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) was developed by Greene and Vermillion in 1964. The OHI-S has two components, the Debris Index (DI) and the Calculus Index (CI). Each of these indexes is based on numerical determinations representing the amount of debris or calculus found on the pre-selected tooth surfaces. For each individual, the debris scores are totaled and divided by the number of surfaces scored. The average individual or group debris and calculus scores are combined to obtain the "Simplified Oral Hygiene Index". The group baseline scores for both the arms will be compared with the post-intervention scores to observe the change (if any) to conclude the study results
次要结局
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研究者
Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed Khawaja Khail
PhD Fellow (Public Health)
Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan