Cohort Zero Caries (CZC)

March 13, 2021 updated by: Daniel Demétrio Faustino da Silva, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

Impact of Preventive Child Oral Health Programs in Primary Health Care.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a traditional oral health educational program and a program based on the theories of the Motivational Interview directed to the child's mothers/fathers/responsible parents to reduce childhood caries (2 and 3 years of age).

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Early Childhood Caries - ECC - is a highly prevalent and severe disease that affects children during their first years of life and, hence, requires early interventions and approaches, on an individual and collective basis. Early childhood is the ideal period to introduce good habits and begin an educational/preventive oral health program; however, family participation is utmost important, especially because the child's parents or responsible adults tend to pass improper knowledge on oral health care in this stage of life. Once prioritizing educational actions directed to this audience in primary health care is essential, Grupo Hospitalar Conceição's (Conceição Hospital Group - GHC) Community Health Service implemented, in its 12 Basic Health Units (UBS), an oral health action program with the goal that all children born after 2010 have at least one dental appointment in their first, second and third year of life. In these appointments, the child's oral health conditions are evaluated and their mother/father or responsible adult receive guidance on proper oral health care; however, little is known on the effectiveness of these preventive programs and what is their impact on ECC reduction in the population. With the purpose of qualifying oral health care strategies at the Brazilian Unified Health System's Primary Health Care (APS-SUS), with a scientific background, it is necessary to assess the effectiveness of these programmatic actions in comparison with conventional dental care by free demand. In light of this, this study has a technological innovation character, with a potential to be directly applicable in the oral health care staff of the Family Health Strategy program throughout Brazil.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a traditional oral health educational program and a program based on the theories of the Motivational Interview directed to the child's mothers/fathers/responsible parents to reduce childhood caries (2 and 3 years of age).

Randomized clinical trial nested in a cohort. The study will be conducted at SSC-GHC, which is composed of 12 Basic Health Units (UBS) located in the Northern region of the city of Porto Alegre, RS-Brazil.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

650

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

1 year to 1 year (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children born in 2014 in the attended territory of 12 Basic Health Units of the Community Health Service of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, located in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and who are correctly registered and under follow-up medical attention in the Children Program;
  • Mothers/fathers/responsible adults: the person responsible for the child's oral health care and who follows all dental appointments in the health unit will be considered.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children with special needs or syndromes;
  • Children who left the attended territory of Community Health Service of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição health units for more than 6 consecutive months;
  • Mothers/fathers/responsible adults without cognitive conditions to answer the study's surveys.

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 Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Motivational Interview
INTERVENTION GROUP: in this group, composed of 6 UBS, the children and their respective mothers/fathers/responsible adults will be attended by the dentists at least once a year with an approach based on the Motivational Interview.
Behavioral: Motivational Interview
Active Comparator: Traditional health education
CONTROL GROUP: in this group, composed of 6 UBS, the children and their respective mother/fathers/responsible adults will be attended by the dentists at least once a year based on the recommendations by the Brazilian Ministry of Health (BRASIL,2008-a) and on SSC-GHC's protocol (BRASIL, 2008-b). Additionally, the professional guidance script and the parents' booklet of SSC-GHC's oral health Program may be used.
Other: Traditional health education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Reducing the prevalence of Early Childhood Caries after 3 years of follow verified by the ICDAS index (International Caries Detection & Assessment System) from the realization of reduction of at least 30% of the index pre and post intervention.
Time Frame: three years
three years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

Collaborators

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 14, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 15, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

October 19, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 16, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 13, 2021

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HNSC-CZC

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