Effectiveness of oral health education intervention strategies among 12-15-year-old school children in Dharan, Nepal: A randomized controlled trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Not Applicable
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 240
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Effectiveness of oral health education will be assessed by calculating mean score of oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices, plaque control and gingival health among 12-15-year-old school children in Dharan.
研究概览
简要总结
This study is a randomized, single blind,parallel group measuring the effectiveness of oral health education among 12-15-year-old school children in 240 students studying in 12 government and private school for a period of of 6 months in Dharan,Nepal. Oral health education will be reinforced at third and and six months to the the intervention group. The outcome will be assessed at third and sixth months in both the groups. The primary outcome measure will be mean score of oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices, plaque control measured by Turesky-Gilmore-Glickman modification of the Quigley-Hein plaque index (1970) and gingival condition by using Gingival index (Loe H and Silness J 1963) in intervention and comparison group. The secondary outcome will be the score of oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices, plaque control measured by Turesky-Gilmore-Glickman modification of the Quigley-Hein plaque index (1970) and gingival condition by using Gingival index (Loe H and Silness J 1963) comparing in government and private school,active and passive method of education in the intervention group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Computer generated randomization
- 盲法
- Outcome Assessor Blinded
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12.00 Year(s) 至 15.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Secondary schools providing co-education and Cooperative 12-15 years old school Children whose parents give their consent.
排除标准
- •Children with any systemic disease,Children requiring any emergency dental treatment,Children with orthodontic appliances ,and Children involved in similar other studies.
结局指标
主要结局
Effectiveness of oral health education will be assessed by calculating mean score of oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices, plaque control and gingival health among 12-15-year-old school children in Dharan.
时间窗: 3 months and 6 months after baseline data collection
次要结局
- i)Effectiveness of active and passive methods of oral health education(ii) Effectiveness of oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices of 12-15-year-old school children studying in public and private schools of Dharan)