Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Interns on Child Abuse

Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Interns on Child Abuse After Implementation of Two Educational Modules: A Randomized Control Trial

1. Knowledge and attitude of dental interns of the pediatric dental department regarding child abuse recognition and reporting will be assessed 2 times before and after attending one of 2 learning modules ( interactive lecture or online module ) assessment through a questionnaire
2. assessment of the learning experience through a written questionnaire

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Child Abuse
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: interactive lecture; Other: online education

Detailed Description

1. An introduction with the aim of the study will be given to all the interns of the pediatric dentistry department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University during a regular scheduled seminar.
2. All interns willing to join the study will be asked to sign an informed consent.
3. A pre-test questionnaire on recognition and reporting of child abuse will be given to the participants
4. The participants will be randomly allocated to 2 study groups Online Group: (this group will receive the educational material through an online educational module ) Lecture Group: (this group will receive the educational material through an interactive lecture based educational module )
5. A post-test same as the pre-test will be used to assess the change in knowledge and attitude regarding child abuse recognition and reporting after the completion of the assigned educational module.
6. All participants that attended both educational modules will be asked to answer a small questionnaire about their perceptions regarding the learning experience.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 138
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dental Interns enrolled in the Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University
• Participants of both genders
• Graduates of any dental school in Egypt

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who refused to sign the consent
• Participants who won't be able to have online access to the material

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: interactive lecture module; interactive lecture	Other: interactive lecture; an interactive lecture will be given to a group of dental interns students on child abuse recognition and reporting
Active Comparator: online educational module; online educational using a special link	Other: online education; an online educational module will be sent to a group of dental interns students on child abuse recognition and reporting

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Questionnaire on Knowledge and Attitude of child abuse	assess the change in knowledge and attitude of dental interns regarding child abuse before and after the educational module assigned to the group same questionnaire will be given pre and post the educational module the questionnaire will include 25 multiple choice questions each question will score 4 with the total questionnaire out of 100 . the questionnaire that will score 75 or less will be considered failed	2 questionnaires each for 15 minutes before and after the learning module

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Questionnaire on Perception of the learning experience	assessment of the dental interns' perception of the educational module the questionnaire will include 7 questions about how strongly or not they preferred the educational module administrated or not evaluation of the answers and comparison between both educational modules according to the % of agreement on each module each question will be analysed with comparison between the % of interns who strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree or strongly disagree	A 10 minutes written questionnaire

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Walsh K, Eggins E, Hine L, Mathews B, Kenny MC, Howard S, Ayling N, Dallaston E, Pink E, Vagenas D. Child protection training for professionals to improve reporting of child abuse and neglect. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Jul 5;7(7):CD011775. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011775.pub2.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): June 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): May 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 25, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 27, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): November 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 3, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 29, 2018
• Last Verified: November 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: nld201151

Drug and device information, study documents

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