Supervised Toothbrushing Programme and Oral Health Education for Intellectual Disabled Students: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 602
- Primary Endpoint
- Gingivitis score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Intellectual disabled persons faced more dental problems. According to a medical review paper of international and local studies, this group has poorer dental hygiene, more severe gum disease and more untreated caries. In 2010, a report from the guardians in Hong Kong mentioned that most adults with intellectual disability cannot clean their teeth, the have dental problems and it is very difficult for intellectually disabled students to co-operate during the dental treatment. In order to alleviate their dental problems, supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk are proposed. The investigators investigate the effectiveness of the supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk. The target group of the study is mild to moderate grade intellectual disabled students of special schools in Hong Kong. A clustered randomised controlled trial design is adopted.
Detailed Description
Intellectual disabled persons faced more dental problems. According to a medical review paper of international and local studies, this group has poorer dental hygiene, more severe gum disease and more untreated caries. In 2010, a report from the guardians in Hong Kong mentioned that most adults with intellectual disability cannot clean their teeth, the have dental problems and it is very difficult for intellectually disabled students to co-operate during the dental treatment. In order to alleviate their dental problems, supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk are proposed. The investigators investigate the effectiveness of the supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk. The target group of the study is mild to moderate grade intellectual disabled students of special schools in Hong Kong. A clustered randomised controlled trial design is adopted.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
data entered by independent clerical staff with no information of the detail of the study outcomes assessor will not be told which group of subjects are examined but there is a chance that the subjects tell him/her
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 6 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Mild and moderate grade intellectual disabled students in special schools.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Those students who have simultaneously joined other oral health programme during the study period.
- •Those students with the presence of conditions rendering a need of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to periodontal examination e.g. rheumatic heart disease.
- •Uncooperative students that oral examination is not possible.
Arms & Interventions
Control Group
This group receive nothing during the study period.
Intervention Group
A 3-month supervised tooth brushing programme will be provided to the students. An oral health education talk with written material delivered to the carers and the students
Intervention: 3-month supervised tooth brushing programme (Behavioral)
Intervention Group
A 3-month supervised tooth brushing programme will be provided to the students. An oral health education talk with written material delivered to the carers and the students
Intervention: oral health education talk (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Gingivitis score
Time Frame: A study period of 3 months
Measuring the change of oral conditions of the students
Secondary Outcomes
- Plaque score(A study period of 3 months)
Investigators
Cecilia Young
Founder
MD Equation