Clinical trial NCT06838221: Interactive Oral Health Educational Program for Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Caregivers
Official title: Interactive Oral Health Educational Program for Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Caregivers.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Intellectual Disability
Caregiver Burden
Keywords: Interactive oral health educational program
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-20
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: intellectual disability children and their care givers

Brief summary: Conducting a research with an interactive oral health educational program and assessing knowledge of caregivers using a questionnaire will help in collecting information about the oral health educational program for children with intellectual disability and the extent of knowledge of care givers in Egypt. This will aid in identifying the knowledge gap, interest, attitude, and practice challenges regarding the children with intellectual disability.

Detailed description: For all children, oral health is a crucial component of overall health, but it is even more crucial for kids with particular medical requirements. Despite the high prevalence of dental disorders among them, people with disabilities or illnesses receive less oral treatment than the general population. According to reports, the largest unmet health need among disabled individuals is dental care. The general health and well-being of the body are closely linked to oral health. The quality of life is enhanced by good dental health. Mentally disabled patients have worse oral health than their normal counterparts, which makes it harder for them to use the oral cavity for activities like eating, swallowing, speaking, chewing, and drooling. This leads to malocclusion, compromised appearance, and poor overall health. Educating parents, guardians, and other caregivers on the causes and self-care prevention of dental disease is a critical part in lowering the caries/gingivitis rate among these children globally. Because of the insufficiency of oral health programs offered in institutions or schools for these particular children, parents and care givers usually have little knowledge about mouth health. they do not understand the significance of dental health, and the educational resources that are accessible to them are frequently insufficient and out-of-date

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* children with intellectual disability
* care givers
* IQ(mild)50-69
* IQ(moderate) 35-49

Exclusion Criteria:

* IQ(severe) 20-34
* refusal to get enrolled in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Oral health of children
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Secondary outcome Knowledge of Care givers Questionnaire chart
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
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References:
citation: Da'aj, S.T., Al-Bayati, S., Al-Karawi, A.J., & Hameed, A.S. (2023). Oral Health Education (OHE) Program on Adolescents before and after Teacher's Training in Diyala City: A Comparative Clinical Study. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine.