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NCT Number: NCT05112224

A Model-based Health Education Program to Improve Oral Health in School Going Children

This was a randomized controlled trial to assess how an education program based on health belief model (HBM) may affect oral health status in the elementary school going children. For this, a convenient sample including 112 school going children aged between 6-12 years old were recruited and randomized into intervention or control groups. Education program consisted five weekly session each lasted for 1 hour approximately. Based on the main constructs of the HBM, each session was organized and a combination of educational methods were used in the intervention group while the control group only received the routine program provided by the dental clinic. Measures such as papillary bleeding index; decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) and a scale based on the HBM were used for data collection. Three months after the intervention the measures were administered again and comparisons between baseline and follow-up were done.

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Key information

Conditions

Oral Health Adherence Interventions Behavior Dental Caries Health Behavior Health Education Medication Adherence Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient Compliance Stomatognathic Diseases Tooth Demineralization Tooth Diseases Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Age range

6 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences

Tehran, 1435916471, Iran

About this study

Oral health problems especially dental carries are common in school children and education programs may help to prevent these conditions. The aim of current study was to investigate how an education program based on health belief model (HBM) may improve oral health status of the elementary school children.

One hundred twelve 6-12 year children along with one of their parents assigned into trial and control groups using a randomized controlled trial. For trial group 5 education sessions based on HBM were held, whereas control group only received routine education program delivered by the dental clinic. Decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) score, papillary bleeding index, and HBM questionnaire for oral were used for evaluation of the program. Three month after the intervention reassessment was performed and the changes were measured by student t test as well as analysis of covariance test.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 6-12 years old (elementary school going children)
  • Attendance of at least one parent (either father or mother) when admission and to take part in the intervention
  • Being permanent residents of the enrollment area
  • Having medical record in the dental clinic
  • Ability to speak and understand Persian

Exclusion criteria

  • Children with advanced oral diseases or other critical conditions or disabilities
  • Those who were using anti-inflammatory agents as a routine
  • Those who had used antibiotics in past two weeks
  • Children with illiterate parents
  • Those on ongoing orthodontic treatments

Treatment and study plan

Education program based on health belief model to improve oral health

Behavioral

Five weekly sessions each one lasted for one hour to encourage participants to follow healthy behaviors on oral health.

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Decayed, missing and filled teeth

    Time frame: Five months

    Measured by decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) score

  2. Gingival health

    Time frame: Five months

    Measured by papillary bleeding index

  3. Constructs of health belief model

    Time frame: Five months

    Measured by health belief model (HBM) questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of a Health Education Program Using Health Belief Model to Improve Oral Health in School Going Children

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Nov 8, 2021
Registry last updated
Nov 8, 2021

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