Effect of a Smart phone based educational app versus conventional method to improve the oral health of children in day care centres- a comparative study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K029- Dental caries, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057970
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
One to ten years old children along with their parents from day care centres will be recruited on the basis of inclusion criteria-
a)Parents having Children from the age of 1-10 years
b)Parents should be willing to participate
c)Parents should be able to read Hindi or English.
d)Parents having smart phones
Exclusion Criteria
Parents not having the SMART phone.
Parents not willing to comply
parents who are not able to read Hindi or English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oral Hygiene levels as measured by the plaque indexTimepoint: baseline <br/ ><br>At 1 month <br/ ><br>At 3 months after recruitment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knowledge of parentsTimepoint: Before & 1 and 3 months after the intervention;Oral health behaviourTimepoint: Baseline <br/ ><br> 3 months after the intervention