A Social Media Intervention on Promoting Oral Heath Among Iranian Adolescents

A Randomized Trial of a Social Media Intervention on Promoting Oral Heath Among Iranian Adolescents

Online social networking sites, such as Telegram, possess a number of useful features that could enhance oral health promotion interventions, including the ability of users to share personal information, which is aggregated and displayed to other users .This study is a longitudinal controlled trial that is designed to investigate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on improving oral health in adolescents and their mothers. Participants will be allocated in three groups with a) an intervention group in which mothers and children receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram, b) only the children receive the intervention via Telegram and mothers and children receive the questionnaires, and c) mothers and children are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires. The intervention package contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on Oral health behaviors. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baseline, 1 month and 6 months after the interventions.

The primary outcome of this study is to estimate the dyadic mechanisms between mothers and their children regarding improving oral health. Secondary outcome is to investigate whether oral health behavior did improve in the intervention groups in general and also to find the psychological mechanism behind the changes during the time of the study.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Parent-Child Relations; Health Behavior; Adolescent Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: mothers and adolescents; Behavioral: adolescents; Behavioral: active control

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 791
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 3419759811
    • Social Determinants of Health Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged 12 to 16
• possess a smartphone
• able or willing to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• They are not engaged in other oral-health education or research program.
• They have no physical and/or mental disabilities that will impede their ability to perform their own oral hygiene activities.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: mother and adolescents; an intervention group in which mothers and adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media	Behavioral: mothers and adolescents; The intervention package will be sent to mothers and adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.
Experimental: adolescents; an intervention group in which adolescents receive the intervention and questionnaires via Telegram social media	Behavioral: adolescents; The intervention package will be sent to only adolescents via Telegram social media. It contains behavior change techniques targeting outcome expectancy, self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. There will be 3 assessment points in time, baselines, 1 month and six months after interventions.
Active Comparator: active control; mothers and adolescents are in active control group and only receive the questionnaires	Behavioral: active control; The active control group receives an information sheet regarding recommendations on oral health behavior via telegram. There will be 3 assessment points in time, with 1 month and six months in between.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
changes in dental busing behavior using a self-reported questionnaire	using a self-reported questionnaire	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
changes in self efficacy using a self-reported questionnaire	self efficacy will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with four items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in outcome expectancy	outcome expectancy will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with three items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in coping planning	coping planning will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with five items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not true) to 5 (totally true)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in action planning	action planning will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with five items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not true) to 5 (totally true)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in risk perception	risk perception will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with three items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (very unlikely) to 5 (very likely)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in self-monitoring	self-monitoring will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with four items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all true) to 5 (totally true)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in intention	Behavioral intention will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with four items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
changes in perceived social support	perceived social support will be assessed using a self-reported questionnaire with three items. All items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
Changes in Community Periodontal Index (CPI)	The CPI scores are rated (0 = healthy gingiva, 1 = gingival bleeding, 2 = calculus, 3 = pocket from 4 to 5 mm, and 4 = pocket ≥6 mm	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
Changes in Turesky Modification of the Quigley-Hein Plaque Index	The amount of plaque on each enamel block for each lingual and buccal surface is rated on a six point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 (no plaque) to 5 (plaque covering two-thirds or more of the crown of the tooth).	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up
Changes in Oral health related quality of life	The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM (PedsQLTM) Oral Health Scale is used to examine Oral health related quality of life. The scale comprises five items. All responses are reverse scored and transformed into a 0-100-point scale with higher scores representing better Oral health related quality of life.	baseline, 1 Months, 6 months follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 20, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 20, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 22, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 11, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 8, 2018
• Last Verified: December 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: IR.QUMS.REC.1396.601

Drug and device information, study documents

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