Effectiveness of Dental Trauma Educational Poster to Secondary Students

March 11, 2013 updated by: Dr. Cecilia Young, The University of Hong Kong

Effectiveness of Educational Poster to Secondary Students Regarding Knowledge of Emergency Management of Dental Trauma - A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

to investigate the effectiveness of the educational poster regarding knowledge of dental trauma for the secondary school students

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To investigate the effectiveness of the educational poster about dental trauma to increase the knowledge of secondary students.

Schools will be randomly divided into two groups, baseline score of knowledge in questionnaire will be collected for all subjects. Poster will be sent to intervention group, the school will place it at the notice broad or area of similar function in the classroom. For the control group, nothing will be given, then after 2 weeks, the score of knowledge by the second questionnaire of both groups will be collected again.

To compare the difference in knowledge before and after in both groups, statistical test will be performed.

Investigators conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial. A list of secondary schools was requested from the Education Bureau. Secondary schools will be invited to join the study and then randomized to the intervention group and the control group in the unit of school using computer generated numbers. All students will fill in the first questionnaire and send it back to the investigator in 1 week. Then copies of the same poster will be given to the intervention schools, these schools will be requested to place them in the classrooms of the participating students. No poster will be given to the control group. After 2 weeks, the poster will be removed. The same questionnaire will be filled out by all the students in both groups and sent back in 1 week. Then the data will be processed to show whether the poster is effective to improve the knowledge of the students.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

671

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • secondary schools in Hong Kong

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

11 years to 20 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria

- All secondary schools in Hong Kong that the students can read Chinese or English

Exclusion Criteria

- no school consent or individual guardian consent

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

  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: educational poster
poster display for 2 weeks in classrooms,
Other: educational poster
educational poster for dental trauma
NO_INTERVENTION: control
no intervention, waiting for two weeks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
knowledge score
Time Frame: 2 weeks
a questionnaire to test the knowledge score
2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Cecilia Young, BDS, MPH, Independent

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2011

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

July 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 10, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 10, 2013

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 12, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 13, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2013

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • S01 / UW 11-177

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