Oral Hygiene Clinical Trial
Official title:
Mobile Phone Messaging to Parents: To Improve Oral Hygiene Among Primary School Children In Quetta, Pakistan
Verified date | February 2021 |
Source | Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
Oral health is an important component of general health and oral cavity acts as a mirror to the health of individuals and communities. Inadequate focus on primary prevention of oral diseases, poses a sizeable challenge for numerous countries, especially low and middle income countries. Mobile phone technology is relatively new and its successes in chronic disease is well documented but there is little evidence available in its use for improving oral health and dietary habits of children. This will be a Pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT) . It will be conducted in public and private sector schools of Quetta city, Pakistan. Study will comprise of intervention and a control arm. Duration of intervention is 6 months. In the intervention group, study participants will be the parents. School teachers will send oral health education and reminder messages on frequent intervals to educate children's parents on oral hygiene and reinforce their behaviors to improve their child oral health. The primary school children in the control group will not receive any intervention
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 362 |
Est. completion date | October 30, 2019 |
Est. primary completion date | April 30, 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 5 Years to 12 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - School children enrolled in primary schools (public and private) in Quetta city. - Primary School children who are permanent residents of Quetta Exclusion Criteria: - Primary School children whose parents/caregivers do not own a mobile phone - Primary School children having orthodontic or any other mouth appliance for example Braces etc. - Primary School children who have been diagnosed for a systemic illness e.g. Blood disorders or, Diabetes - Primary School children who are absent during the time of data collection |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Pakistan | Ashfaq Ahmed Khawajakhail | Quetta | Balochistan |
Pakistan | Dental Section, Sandman Provincial Hospital Quetta | Quetta | Balochistan |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan |
Pakistan,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change in the Oral Hygiene Index Scores | Oral hygiene will be measured through "Simplified Oral Hygiene Index" (OHI-S). Each participant will undergo a dental examination in the school by a trained group of examiners (Qualified Dentists). The WHO recommended protocols for Dental examinations will be followed in assessing outcome measure.
Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) was developed by Greene and Vermillion in 1964. The OHI-S has two components, the Debris Index (DI) and the Calculus Index (CI). Each of these indexes is based on numerical determinations representing the amount of debris or calculus found on the pre-selected tooth surfaces. For each individual, the debris scores are totaled and divided by the number of surfaces scored. The average individual or group debris and calculus scores are combined to obtain the "Simplified Oral Hygiene Index". The group baseline scores for both the arms will be compared with the post-intervention scores to observe the change (if any) to conclude the study results |
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