The Effect of Oral Health Education in Pregnancy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

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

Conditions
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Pregnancy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: two educational sessions
* Behavioral: no education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: test group<br>For test group intervention was two educational sessions lasting 1 hour, focused on oral and dental health and especially on oral and dental health during pregnancy | Behavioral: two educational sessions<br>* 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<br>* Other names: two educational sessions lasting 1 hour;|
| Other: control<br>received no education | Behavioral: no education<br>* women in the control group received no education<br>* Other names: women in the control group received no education;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Score of KAP about oral health |  | 2 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Oral health, education, knowledge, attitude, performance