Effectiveness of a school oral health education intervention among 6-12 year old children in Thiruvananthapuram educational district: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 450
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Proportion of 6-12 year old school children whose oral hygiene status has improved significantly.
研究概览
简要总结
Oral diseases are a major public health problem for children and oral health education (OHE) is an important method of preventive approach to address this problem. OHE intervention could be more beneficial for participants if it is guided by health behaviour theories. The most appropriate time to provide OHE to children is 6-12 years because it is the time of mixed dentition; first permanent teeth erupt by the age of 6 years. Schools are considered to provide the most favourable environment to impart oral health education to children because they provide an efficient and effective way to reach out to children. In India, there is a lack of studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health behaviour theory-based school OHE interventions.Major objective 1. To find out the effect of a school oral health education intervention on the oral hygiene status among 6-12-year-old school children in Thiruvananthapuram educational district. Minor objectives 1. To estimate the prevalence of dental caries among 6-12-year-old school children in Thiruvananthapuram educational district. 2. To estimate the prevalence of gingivitis among 6-12-year-old school children in Thiruvananthapuram educational district. 3. To find out the effect of a school oral health education intervention on the prevalence of gingivitis among 6-12-year-old school children in Thiruvananthapuram educational district. 4. To find out the effect of a school oral health education intervention on oral health-related knowledge, attitude and practices among 6-12-year-old school children in Thiruvananthapuram educational district.The study participants will be 6-12-year-old school children studying in government and government-aided schools in Thiruvananthapuram educational district. The study will be conducted in three phases.Phase 1: Development of a school oral health education intervention plan for 6-12-year-old children.Phase 2: Implementation of the school oral health education intervention for 6-12-year-old children.Phase 3: Implementation of the school oral health education intervention for 6-12-year-old children.
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
- 6.00 Year(s) 至 12.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •6-12-year-old children studying in government or government-aided schools in Thiruvananthapuram educational district.
排除标准
- •Children above 12 years and below 6 years, children studying in private schools.
结局指标
主要结局
Proportion of 6-12 year old school children whose oral hygiene status has improved significantly.
时间窗: Three months after intervention.
次要结局
- Change in the prevalence of gingivitis among 6-12 year old school children.(Proportion of 6-12 year old school children whose oral health related knowledge, attitude and practices has improved significantly.)