Using Motivational Interviewing To Reduce Parental Risk-Related Behaviors For Early Childhood Caries

Caries Clinical Trial

Official title:

Using Motivational Interviewing To Reduce Parental Risk-Related Behaviors For Early Childhood Caries

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04286256
• Other study ID #: 1107M02642
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2011
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2012

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: University of Minnesota
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study's aim was to investigate if a motivational interviewing intervention (MI) improved oral self-care behaviors of AIAN caregivers of infants and determine if the MI intervention promoted positive changes in caregivers' ECC risk-related behaviors.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2012
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy mothers/caregivers of infants

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with recent antibiotic use (within 3 months)

• Subjects on any medication that is immunosuppressive

• Subjects who self-report they have xerostomia due to medication use

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Caries
• Caries,Dental
• Dental Caries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivational Interviewing
Participants/caregivers will receive several telephone-based and in-person motivational interviewing sessions along with specific oral health recommendations.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Minnesota

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Concentration of Lactobacilli	Oral concentration of Lactobacilli will be measured using a Caries Risk Test (CRT). Outcome will be reported in colony-forming units per milliliter (CFU/mL).	Baseline, 8 months
Primary	Change in Concentration of Mutans Streptococcus	Oral concentration of Mutans streptococcus will be measured using a Caries Risk Test (CRT). Outcome will be reported in colony-forming units per milliliter (CFU/mL).	Baseline, 8 months