Clinical trial NCT03723174: Impact of an Educational Program on Gingival Status and Oral Health Related Quality of Life
Official title: Impact of an Educational Program on Oral Health Related Quality of Life in a Group of 11 to 14 Years Old Egyptian Children: Before and After Study.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Gingival Disease
Oral Disease
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-10-29
Enrollment: 91
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Children aged from 11 to 14 years old seeking dental care at the educational hospital, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry New Giza University.

Brief summary: This research targets the evaluation of the impact of oral health educational programs on the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in early adolescence of the Egyptian population. Each participant will benefit from the education of the proper oral hygiene practices under the supervision and follow up of the investigator in addition to the potential improvement of his/ her oral health related quality of life.

Detailed description: The objective of this study is to improve the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in the Egyptian population's early adolescence. The intervention is an Oral health educational program based on the following:

* Tooth brushing: the modified bass technique is the method of choice the skill will be taught using a video followed by a model demonstration then a supervised brushing session done by the participants.
* Dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist will be introduced in the form of power point presentation that will be set according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).
* Participant will be asked to come for 4 visits one for base line data collection and administration of the intervention and another 3 follow up visits once per month.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients aged from 11-14 years old
2. No reported systemic disease
3. No administration of antibiotics in the last month
4. No fixed or removable appliance
5. Absence of acute phase of any oral disease

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient refuses to participate in the study
2. patient fails to attend follow up sessions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Short form Child perception questionnaire 11-14
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Photographic evaluation and interpretation using Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 2021
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Giza
country: Egypt
facility: New Giza University
Study officials:
affiliation: Professor
name: Manal Al Sayed, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Bhardwaj VK, Sharma KR, Luthra RP, Jhingta P, Sharma D, Justa A. Impact of school-based oral health education program on oral health of 12 and 15 years old school children. J Educ Health Promot. 2013 Jul 31;2:33. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.115820. eCollection 2013.
citation: Smith RN, Lath DL, Rawlinson A, Karmo M, Brook AH. Gingival inflammation assessment by image analysis: measurement and validation. Int J Dent Hyg. 2008 May;6(2):137-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2008.00294.x.
citation: Mostafa B, El-Refai I. Prevalence of Plaque-Induced Gingivitis in a Sample of the Adult Egyptian Population. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Mar 10;6(3):554-558. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.131. eCollection 2018 Mar 15.