The Effect of Oral Health Education in Pregnancy

July 27, 2012 updated by: NarjesBahriBinabaj, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

142

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: test group
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
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
Other Names:
  • two educational sessions lasting 1 hour
Other: control
received no education
Behavioral: no education
women in the control group received no education
Other Names:
  • women in the control group received no education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Score of KAP about oral health
Time Frame: 2 months
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Collaborators

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: narjes BahriBinabaj, Msc, GonabadMUM

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 17, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 27, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

July 30, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 30, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 27, 2012

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

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Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MUMS

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