School-based Oral Health Education Program Using Experiential Learning

Gingivitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

"School-based Oral Health Education Program Using Experiential Learning or Traditional Lecturing in Children and Adolescents: a Clinical Trial"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02320162
• Other study ID #: Marquette U
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 11, 2014
• Last updated: August 28, 2017
• Start date: February 2010
• Est. completion date: June 2012

Study information

• Verified date: December 2014
• Source: Marquette University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this project was to compare the effectiveness of experiential learning (EL) and traditional lecturing (TL) school-based oral health education on the oral health knowledge, attitude, habits, oral hygiene, gingival health and caries incidence of 10 and 13-year-old Greek children. Thee hundred and fifty children were selected from three areas of Greece. Information on oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour were obtained using a questionnaire. Dental plaque was recorded using a modified hygiene index, gingivitis was assessed using the simplified gingival index and dental caries was measured by recording the number of Decayed, Missing and Filled teeth (DMFT) using the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) criteria. All children were examined by two calibrated dentists, using a World Health Organisation (WHO) periodontal probe and artificial light. Questionnaires were delivered and clinical examinations were performed at baseline and at 6 and 18 months post-intervention. The EL oral health educational program was implemented by teachers using the program's manual.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 351
• Est. completion date: June 2012
• Est. primary completion date: June 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 9 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 10 and 13 year-old children

• For the EL group, students were recruited from schools that had teachers previously trained in EL

• Students recruited for the TL group attended schools of the same geographical location as students in the EL group

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contributory medical history

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Caries
• Gingivitis

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Experiential learning oral health education

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Matina Angelopoulou

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in dental plaque, gingivitis and caries at 6 and 18 months in 350 children	350 children were clinically examined and dental plaque, gingivitis and caries were recorded using appropriate indexes. 6 and 18 months later, children were re-examined using the same method to test if there was any change on the dental plaque, gingivitis and caries level and if this change differ significantly between the two different oral health education groups (Experiential learning or Traditional Lecturing).	baseline, 6 and 18 months