Effect of Oral health education among 12-15 year old school children in Dharan

Conditions: Oral health

Registration Number: CTRI/2018/05/013985

Lead Sponsor: Department of public health dentistry college of dental surgery BPKIHSDharanNepal

Brief Summary: 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.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Applicable

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

Secondary schools providing co-education and Cooperative 12-15 years old school Children whose parents give their consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with any systemic disease,Children requiring any emergency dental treatment,Children with orthodontic appliances ,and Children involved in similar other studies.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.	3 months and 6 months after baseline data collection

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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

Trial Locations

Locations (1): B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan
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B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan
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Dr Krishna Subedi
Principal investigator
977-9842172496
idebusanhsirk.ks@gmail.com