Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 68
- 主要终点
- Dental Plaque Index
研究概览
简要总结
A cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment.
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
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Assessment of dental plaque was carried out by a single dentist, who was blind to group assignment.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients admitted in chronic psychiatric wards were eligible.
排除标准
- •significant cognitive disabilities, severe hearing impairment, orthodontic appliances, an edentulous status, or a handicap when tooth-brushing
结局指标
主要结局
Dental Plaque Index
时间窗: 12-week
Plaque Control Index (PCI) developed by O'Leary et al. to score the primary outcome, plaque accumulation, on the surfaces of the teeth. The score was computed by the existence of plaque divided by all examined surfaces; a higher plaque index indicated poor oral hygiene. We calculated a person-level plaque score by averaging plaque scores for all teeth at each examination.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Po-Ren Teng
MD, PhD
Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital