Interactive Oral Health Educational Program for Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Caregivers

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Intellectual Disability; Caregiver Burden

• Registration Number: NCT06838221
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Conducting a research with an interactive oral health educational program and assessing knowledge of caregivers using a questionnaire will help in collecting information about the oral health educational program for children with intellectual disability and the extent of knowledge of care givers in Egypt. This will aid in identifying the knowledge gap, interest, attitude, and practice challenges regarding the children with intellectual disability.

Detailed Description

For all children, oral health is a crucial component of overall health, but it is even more crucial for kids with particular medical requirements. Despite the high prevalence of dental disorders among them, people with disabilities or illnesses receive less oral treatment than the general population. According to reports, the largest unmet health need among disabled individuals is dental care. The general health and well-being of the body are closely linked to oral health. The quality of life is enhanced by good dental health. Mentally disabled patients have worse oral health than their normal counterparts, which makes it harder for them to use the oral cavity for activities like eating, swallowing, speaking, chewing, and drooling. This leads to malocclusion, compromised appearance, and poor overall health. Educating parents, guardians, and other caregivers on the causes and self-care prevention of dental disease is a critical part in lowering the caries/gingivitis rate among these children globally. Because of the insufficiency of oral health programs offered in institutions or schools for these particular children, parents and care givers usually have little knowledge about mouth health. they do not understand the significance of dental health, and the educational resources that are accessible to them are frequently insufficient and out-of-date

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Study Start: 2025-02-14
• Study First Submitted: 2025-02-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-02-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-18
• Study First Posted: 2025-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-20
• Primary Completion: 2025-08-01
• Study Completion: 2026-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• children with intellectual disability
• care givers
• IQ(mild)50-69
• IQ(moderate) 35-49

Exclusion Criteria

• IQ(severe) 20-34
• refusal to get enrolled in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oral health of children	3 months	Oral health of children: Gingival index (GL); * Before starting the educational program.; * At the end of the educational program. Score from 0,1,2,3 and Plaque index (PL); * Before starting the educational program.; * At the end of the educational program. Score from 0,1,2,3

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcome Knowledge of Care givers Questionnaire chart	3 months	Secondary outcome Knowledge of Care givers Questionnaire chart; * Before starting the educational program.; * At the end of the educational program. Score