The effect of a text-messaging intervention on oral self-care practices in antenatal women at an urban primary health clinic in Delhi: A pilot randomized control Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 72
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- (1). Proportion of women practicing twice daily brushing
研究概览
简要总结
Background:Oral health promotion by improving the awareness, self-care practices and treatmentseeking behaviour of pregnant women needs prioritization in Indian healthsettings. There is growing recognition of the role of mHealth (mobile telephonebased audio or text-message interventions for health promotion) can be appliedfor behaviour change in vulnerable populations.
Lacunaeis existing knowledge: To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted in India, which has applied mHealth interventions for improving the knowledge, attitude and practice of oral health care in pregnantwomen.
Objective:To study the effect of a self-designed text-message intervention packagecompared with a structured health educational session on knowledge, attitudeand practices related to oral care and hygiene in pregnant women.
Materialand methods:
Studydesign: A Randomized Control Trial parallel design superiority trial comparingstandard care and face-to-face structured educational intervention (n = 36) andstandard care plus a mobile phone based SMS intervention (n = 36) for 1 monthin antenatal women.
Studypopulation: antenatal women up-to 20 weeks of age undergoing antenatal careutilization at the Urban Health Center, Gokalpuri affiliated to the Dept. ofCommunity Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Inclusion Criteria
1. All adult pregnant women with period of gestation up-to 20 weeks
2. Women that consent to receive health information via text-messages
Exclusion Criteria
1. Women who are unable to read text-messages
2. Women who do not have access to a mobile phone
Primary Outcomes:
(1). Proportion of women practicing twicedaily brushing
(2). Dental self-efficacy
Intervention:A text-message will be sent daily to the participants in the mHealthintervention group during a period of 30 days. Written and informed consentwill be taken from participants.
Statisticalanalysis: Data will be analysed with IBM SPSS Version 25.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Computer generated randomization
- 盲法
- Open Label
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18.00 Year(s) 至 49.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- Female
入选标准
- •All adult pregnant women with period of gestation up-to 20 weeks 2.
排除标准
- •Women who are unable to read text-messages
- •Women who do not have access to a mobile phone.
结局指标
主要结局
(1). Proportion of women practicing twice daily brushing
时间窗: 0 and 31 days
(2). Dental self-efficacy
时间窗: 0 and 31 days
次要结局
- (1) Knowledge and awareness of oral hygiene in pregnancy((2) Interdental cleaning practice)