Effect of Dental Educational Program on Oral Hygiene Status Among Institutionalized Deaf Children

Effect of Dental Educational Program on Oral Hygiene Status Among Institutionalized Deaf Children. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

assess the effect of dental educational program on oral hygiene among institutionalized hearing impaired and mute children in Cairo, Egypt.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Hearing Loss
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: educational programm; Other: no educational program

Detailed Description

• Evaluate participants satisfaction regarding the dental educational program(learning teeth brushing technique)
• Measure the oral hygiene index simplified to the participants at a different follow up periods for assessing the effect of the dental educational program on oral hygiene.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 238
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 6 years to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged from 6-12 years with mixed dentition.
• Institutionalized Deaf children in Cairo, Egypt.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children above the age of 12 years and below the age of 6 years
• Patient un able to give informed consent
• Patient suffering from any other type of disability such as (mental retardation, physically and mentally handicapped, .etc.)
• Medically compromised patient
• Patient who were absent in the day of examination

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: educational programm; Oral health education will be done for children and their care givers about various diseases affecting the oral cavity, the effects of bad oral hygiene and tooth decay, importance of tooth brushing, and correct methods of tooth brushing. Three follow up examination is assessed after one week, three weeks and six weeks using questionnaire for evaluation of participant satisfaction about oral health and using OHIS index for evaluating the effect of the dental educational program on the oral health status of deaf children.	Behavioral: educational programm; Oral health education will be done for children and their care givers about various diseases affecting the oral cavity, the effects of bad oral hygiene and tooth decay, importance of tooth brushing, and correct methods of tooth brushing.Three follow up examination is assessed after one week, three weeks and six weeks using questionnaire for evaluation of participant satisfaction about oral health and using OHIS index for evaluating the effect of the dental educational program on the oral health status of deaf children.
Placebo Comparator: no educational programm; without educational program Three follow up examination is assessed after one week, three weeks and six weeks using questionnaire for evaluation of participant satisfaction about oral health and using OHIS index for evaluating the effect of the dental educational program on the oral health status of deaf children.	Other: no educational program; without oral health education will be done for children and their care givers about various diseases affecting the oral cavity, the effects of bad oral hygiene and tooth decay, importance of tooth brushing, and correct methods of tooth brushing.Three follow up examination is assessed after one week, three weeks and six weeks using questionnaire for evaluation of participant satisfaction about oral health and using OHIS index for evaluating the effect of the dental educational program on the oral health status of deaf children.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
patient satisfaction	this outcome will be assessed via questionnaire	6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
oral hygiene index simplified	6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): February 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 20, 2017
• First Posted (Estimate): January 24, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 8, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 6, 2017
• Last Verified: February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Ear Diseases; Sensation Disorders; Hearing Disorders; Hearing Loss
• Other Study ID Numbers: SShaalan

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No