Effect Of WhatsApp based oral health education in the improvement of oral health among the college students in Chennai
Phase 4
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/02/023535
- Lead Sponsor
- ivedha Subburaman
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
2. Participants with baseline OHI-S score and Modified Gingival Index score more than 1.
3. Participants who are not suffering from any apparent systemic illness/disease.
4. Participants who have sound knowledge in the use of WhatsApp application technology.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Participants who did not wish to give consent.
2. Participants who suffered from acute infectious dental conditions.
3. Participants who underwent/undergoing orthodontic treatment.
4. Participants who underwent dental procedures 3 months prior to the start of the study and thereafter.
5. Participants who were under medication for any systemic illness.
6. Participants who have visual/ hearing impairment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Oral Hygiene Index - <br/ ><br> Simplified (John.C. Greene and Jack. R. Vermillion, 1964) <br/ ><br>2. Modified Gingival Index (Lobene et al.) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline (October 2017), First(November 2017), Third(January 2018) and Sixth(April 2018) month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 3. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards oral health was assessed using the pre-tested questionnaire by Santosh kumar et al.Timepoint: baseline(October 2017) and sixth(April 2018) month