Impact of an Educational Program on Gingival Status and Oral Health Related Quality of Life

Impact of an Educational Program on Oral Health Related Quality of Life in a Group of 11 to 14 Years Old Egyptian Children: Before and After Study.

This research targets the evaluation of the impact of oral health educational programs on the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in early adolescence of the Egyptian population. Each participant will benefit from the education of the proper oral hygiene practices under the supervision and follow up of the investigator in addition to the potential improvement of his/ her oral health related quality of life.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Oral Disease; Gingival Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Oral Health Educational Program

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to improve the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in the Egyptian population's early adolescence. The intervention is an Oral health educational program based on the following:

• Tooth brushing: the modified bass technique is the method of choice the skill will be taught using a video followed by a model demonstration then a supervised brushing session done by the participants.
• Dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist will be introduced in the form of power point presentation that will be set according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).
• Participant will be asked to come for 4 visits one for base line data collection and administration of the intervention and another 3 follow up visits once per month.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 91

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Giza, Egypt, 12676
    • New Giza University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 11 years to 14 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Children aged from 11 to 14 years old seeking dental care at the educational hospital, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry New Giza University.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients aged from 11-14 years old
2. No reported systemic disease
3. No administration of antibiotics in the last month
4. No fixed or removable appliance
5. Absence of acute phase of any oral disease

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient refuses to participate in the study
2. patient fails to attend follow up sessions

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Single Arm; baseline data will be calculated before the oral health educational program using gingival index and after 3 months from the intervention	Behavioral: Oral Health Educational Program; proper introduction to brushing techniques, dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Short form Child perception questionnaire 11-14	assessment of Oral symptoms, functional limitations, emotional and social well being. each domain scores from 0-20 where 20 means the worst quality of life in each domain.	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Photographic evaluation and interpretation using Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 2021	assessment of Swelling of gingiva red color characteristics using number of red pixels	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Director: Manal Al Sayed, PhD, PROFESSOR

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Bhardwaj VK, Sharma KR, Luthra RP, Jhingta P, Sharma D, Justa A. Impact of school-based oral health education program on oral health of 12 and 15 years old school children. J Educ Health Promot. 2013 Jul 31;2:33. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.115820. eCollection 2013.
• Smith RN, Lath DL, Rawlinson A, Karmo M, Brook AH. Gingival inflammation assessment by image analysis: measurement and validation. Int J Dent Hyg. 2008 May;6(2):137-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2008.00294.x.
• Mostafa B, El-Refai I. Prevalence of Plaque-Induced Gingivitis in a Sample of the Adult Egyptian Population. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Mar 10;6(3):554-558. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.131. eCollection 2018 Mar 15.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 20, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): May 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 25, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 26, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 27, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Stomatognathic Diseases; Periodontal Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Gingival Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: fay

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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