Clinical trial NCT04317768: Effect of Oral Health Education on Oral Health Status, Treatment Needs and Barriers to Care
Official title: The Effectiveness of Oral Health Education Using Audio-visual Aids and Frequent Motivation on Oral Health Status, Treatment Needs and Barriers to Care Among Children at Social Homes in Jordan
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dental Caries
Gingivitis
Keywords: Oral health status
Dental treatment needs
Barriers to dental care
Children at social homes
Lead sponsor: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-03-23
Enrollment: 232
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This is a cross-sectional study on a randomly selected group of children from randomly selected social homes in Jordan. Children and/or the care giver (n=500) will answer a questionnaire in an interview about his/her demographics, oral health related habits, the child general health status, the child oral health related quality of life, barriers to getting dental care, treatment needs for those children.

A thorough clinical examination will be done to these children by a mouth mirror and explorer at a suitable room in the social home. The investigators will record the baseline oral health status parameters (Caries, gingival health and presence of plaque).

For the interventions; A representative sample (25%) will be divided to two subgroups; group one (Study) and group two (Control) which will be matched for age and gender.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Jordanian children have very poor oral hygiene parameters, and this is reflected as very high caries prevalence and poor gingival health conditions. This study will focus on children at social homes in the community in order to establish a baseline reference about their oral health status, treatment needs, and barriers to dental care. Also, to report the efficacy of oral health education using audio-visual aids and frequent motivation on oral health status, treatment needs and barriers to care among children at social homes in Jordan.

Detailed description: The oral health status (OHS) for children and adults is a reflection of the whole body general health status as well as the overall quality of life. Jordanian children have very poor oral hygiene parameters, and this is reflected as very high caries prevalence and poor gingival health conditions. Orphans and children who come from broken homes are suspected to have poorer oral health conditions from their peers in the public due to the different parameters that can affect their general health in whole and oral health in particular, and this could affect their quality of life. These parameters can be related to socioeconomic status, psychological and behavioral conditions, access to care and other factors. The role of tooth brushing in decreasing dental caries and enhancing the gingival health is well-established in the literature, and oral health education programs have proven to be effective in improving the oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior of children. These programs could be regarded as an effective measure to enhance the oral health status and establish good routines in childhood which is vital for optimum oral health and provision of lifelong protection against caries.

This study will focus on children at social homes in the community in order to establish a baseline reference about their oral health status, treatment needs, and barriers to dental care. Also, to report the efficacy of oral health education using audio-visual aids and frequent motivation on oral health status, treatment needs and barriers to care among children at social homes in Jordan.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy children living in social homes among age group specified

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with poor behavior

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measure of dental caries
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Gingival health
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Oral hygiene
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Irbid
country: Jordan
facility: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Study officials:
affiliation: Jordan University of Science and Technology
name: Ola Al-Batayneh
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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