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NCT Number: NCT01652300

The Effect of Oral Health Education in Pregnancy

Periodontal diseased during pregnancy are associated with many unpleasant prenatal consequences including preeclampsia, preterm labor, and low birth weight (LBW). Treatment of such diseases and observance of oral and dental hygiene may to some large extent prevent such consequences. Unfortunately previous studies have shown that pregnant women have very little knowledge of oral and dental health implications. Given the fact that pregnancy my be a unique opportunity to initiate correct hygienic behaviors in young women, this paper has focused on studying the effects of oral and dental health education during pregnancy.

In this single blind clinical trial study,140 pregnant women receiving care from Khaje Rabi Regional Health Center in Mashhad city who were members of a community based multi-center were chosen by systematic clustering methods and randomly allocated into test and control groups. After intervention, two questionnaires were completed for demographic and pregnancy details of the participants. Knowledge, health belief and health behavior were assessed before intervention. The test group had two educational sessions lasting 1 hour, focused on oral and dental health and especially on oral and dental health during pregnancy. women in the control group received no education. Knowledge, health belief and health behavior were assessed immediately after and one month after intervention of all participants. Analysis of data was done using SPSS, t-test and chi-square tests.

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Key information

Conditions

Pregnancy Behavior

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2 / Phase 3

Primary location

Mums

Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

About this study

In this clinical trial study,140 pregnant women receiving care from Khaje Rabi Regional Health Center in Mashhad city who were members of a community based multi-center were chosen by systematic clustering methods and randomly allocated into test and control groups. After intervention, two questionnaires were completed for demographic and pregnancy details of the participants. Knowledge, health belief and health behavior were assessed before intervention. The test group had two educational sessions lasting 1 hour, focused on oral and dental health and especially on oral and dental health during pregnancy. women in the control group received no education. Knowledge, health belief and health behavior were assessed immediately after and one month after intervention of all participants. Analysis of data was done using SPSS, t-test and chi-square tests.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Spoke Persian
  • minimum education margin of primary school studies
  • Gestational age between 12 and 32 weeks
  • lacked any type of physical or mental problem
  • lacked of any disease that could prevent from taking dental care

Exclusion criteria

  • who did not attend the education sessions
  • failed to complete the questionnaires
  • receive any special education between post-test and stability test

Treatment and study plan

two educational sessions

Behavioral

The test group had two educational sessions lasting 1 hour, focused on oral and dental health and especially on oral and dental health during pregnancy

Other names: two educational sessions lasting 1 hour

no education

Behavioral

women in the control group received no education

Other names: women in the control group received no education

Primary outcomes

  1. Score of KAP about oral health

    Time frame: 2 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Other

Collaborators

  • Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Registry information

Official study title

Oral Health Education in Pregnancy Promotes Knowledge,Attitude and Performance of Pregnant Women About Oral Health.

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Jul 30, 2012
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2012

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