What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers

Dental Caries in Children Clinical Trial

Official title:

What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers: Its Relationship With Parents' Oral Health Literacy and Children's Oral Health

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06162754
• Other study ID #: 2022/140
• Status: Completed
• Start date: August 30, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Space maintainers are frequently used to prevent malocclusion problems in early primary tooth loss. Oral health literacy is defined as the capacity of individuals to learn, understand and evaluate basic oral health information. It is considered that parents' awareness of space maintainers may be affected by various factors such as their demographic characteristics and oral health literacy. The aim was to evaluate the relationship between variables by determining parents' awareness of space maintainers and their oral health literacy.

Description:

This cross-sectional study included 600 children and their parents. The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 600
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: October 30, 2022
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who did not require urgent treatment,
• Who did not use medication for psychiatric reasons,
• Who did not have any mental illness were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dental Caries
• Dental Caries in Children
• Oral Health
• Tooth Loss

Intervention

Other:
• A questionnaire and TREALD scales were applied to parents.
The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital	Rize
Turkey	Sema AYDINOGLU	Rize

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the knowledge about space maintainers of the parents	15 questions that evaluates the awareness about space maintainers of parents was applied face to face.	for three months from the beginning of the study
Primary	oral health literacy of the parents	Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30 ) scale.	for three months from the beginning of the study
Primary	oral health literacy of the parents assessed by TREALD-30A scale	Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30A) scale.	for three months from the beginning of the study
Secondary	the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents	the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents was assessed using TREALD scales and a questionnaire.	for three months from the beginning of the study