The Impact of School Teachers in Care Navigation and Signposting Dental Caries
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 307
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- untreated caries increment
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study aims to investigate the role of school teachers in care navigation and signposting dental caries in primary school children.
Detailed Description
Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with high prevalence in children. Dental caries is a global public health problem with detrimental impact in developing countries. Despite advances in caries management and detection poorer countries continue to suffer a high burden of disease. Advances in care navigation and sign-posting concepts are increasingly being utilized in general health care to aid early diagnosis and ease the burden of disease in poorer communities. This study aims to investigate the role of primary school teachers as care navigators with regard to dental caries in children.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 5 Years to 8 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy school children between the ages of 5-8 years Regular school attender Lives in the local village Co-operative
Exclusion Criteria
- •known medical history or disability
- •irregular school attenders
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
untreated caries increment
Time Frame: 36 months
decay component of the Index of decayed, extracted and filled teeth for the groups (deft)
Secondary Outcomes
- caries experience (deft)(36 months)
- care index(36 months)
- caries experience for the most affected one third (SIC index)(36 months)
Investigators
Fadil Elamin
Doctor
Khartoum Centre for Research and Medical Training