Tele-education Through a New Mobile Application to Improve Oral Cancer Knowledge and Oral Hygiene in Older Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 62
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in knowledge, attitudes about oral cancer and oral hygiene, and performance of oral self-examination in older adults using a mobile educational application.
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a mobile app with educational videos and serious games is more effective than a video-only version of the app to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices about oral cancer and oral hygiene in older adults.
The study also aims to evaluate the usability of the app and the impact of the intervention on performing oral self-examination.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- - Does the version of the app with videos and serious games lead to greater improvement in oral cancer knowledge than the video-only version?
- - Are there differences in attitudes and self-examination practices between the two groups after using the app?
- - How frequently and consistently do participants use the app during the study period, and how much do they interact with the educational videos and serious games?
- - Are there differences in outcomes by sex or education level?
Participants will:
Be adults aged 60 and more receiving care at the Dental Clinic of the University of Chile
Be randomly assigned to use one of two versions of the same app:
- Group A: Access to educational videos and serious games
- Group B: Access to educational videos only
Use the app for 4 weeks
Answer a questionnaire before starting, after 2 weeks, and after 4 weeks
Perform an oral self-examination at week 4, which will be evaluated using a checklist
This trial will help determine whether mobile tele-education tools, especially those that include interactive features like serious games, are effective and acceptable ways to improve oral health education in older adults.
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 (Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 85 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adults aged 60 years and older.
- •Completed dental treatment at the Dental Clinic of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, during 2023 and
- •Own a smartphone with Android operating system.
- •Regular users of at least one social media platform (e.g., WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook).
排除标准
- •Older adults with self-reported uncorrected visual or auditory sensory deficits resulting in total blindness or deafness.
- •Older adults with cognitive impairment, defined as a score of 13 or lower on the abbreviated Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (maximum score 19).
结局指标
主要结局
Change in knowledge, attitudes about oral cancer and oral hygiene, and performance of oral self-examination in older adults using a mobile educational application.
时间窗: Baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after the start of the intervention.
increasing participants' knowledge and attitudes regarding oral cancer and oral hygiene, as well as their ability to perform oral self-examination. Knowledge and attitudes are measured using a structured questionnaire administered at baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks. Oral self-examination practices are evaluated at 4 weeks using a standardized checklist verifying the correct performance of five key steps. Comparisons are made between the group using videos and serious games and the group using videos only.
Change in knowledge, attitudes about oral cancer and oral hygiene, and performance of oral self-examination in older adults using a mobile educational application.
时间窗: Baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after the start of the intervention.
increasing participants' knowledge and attitudes regarding oral cancer and oral hygiene, as well as their ability to perform oral self-examination. Knowledge and attitudes are measured using a structured questionnaire administered at baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks. Oral self-examination practices are evaluated at 4 weeks using a standardized checklist verifying the correct performance of five key steps. Comparisons are made between the group using videos and serious games and the group using videos only.
次要结局
- Usability of the mobile oral health education application(4 weeks)
- Usability of the mobile oral health education application(4 weeks)
研究者
Iris Espinoza Santander
Associate Professor
University of Chile