Motivational Interview and Orthodontic Patients

April 29, 2021 updated by: Universidad Iberoamericana

The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Oral Hygiene Behavior in Patients With Fixed Orthodontic Appliances: A Randomised Clinical Trial

A parallel-group randomized clinical trial was conducted with 45 patients of the Orthodontic Clinic of Universidad Iberoamericana's (UNIBE) Postgraduate Unit. The study hypothesis was that motivational interview plus oral hygiene instructions would be more effective in maintaining long-term oral hygiene in comparison with conventional oral hygiene instructions alone.

A computer-generated list of numbers created with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) V21.0 was used to random allocate participants into the experimental or the control group. Monthly oral hygiene instructions and a G.U.M. kit were given to the sample. Additionally, the experimental group received motivational interviewing sessions by a trained periodontist. Simplified Oral Hygiene Index, Gingival Index, Periodontal Probing Depth and Bleeding on Probing were recorded at baseline, three and six months after the beginning of the study. Repeated-measures analysis of variance and chi-squared test were conducted.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Sample calculation A power analysis was carried out to determine the number of subjects needed to achieve a Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (SOHI) significant interaction with the study groups when applying repeated measures ANOVA. The total number of completed subjects needed to achieve power of 0.90 with an alpha (α) of 0.05, an effect size (f) of at least .25 was determined to be 36; taking into consideration a possible 10% attrition rate, 45 subjects were recruited, consented and randomized to either the experimental or control group.

Due to the matter that repeated measures ANOVA treats each measurement as a separate variable, and it's preferable to use listwise deletion, if one measurement is missing, the whole case gets dropped. For this reason and therefore the incontrovertible fact that the trial suffers attrition, the sample for the three measurements was reduced to 32 subjects.

Randomization A simple randomization procedure was executed by the principal investigator to allocate the participants into one of the study groups. A computer-generated list of numbers was created using the software SPSS V21.0, with a 1:1.25 allocation ratio.

Two dentists enrolled and allocated the participants according to the order of arrival and following the list of random numbers. A coding system was used as a concealment mechanism, which consisted of colored labels attached to the participants' file. Thus, the participant and the evaluator (the periodontist who recorded the data) were masked.

Study intervention An interviewer was in charge of providing oral hygiene instructions for both groups. All the participants received a G.U.M. kit with special orthodontic hygiene tools. Then, the patients of the experimental group received a motivational interviewing session.

Afterward, the clinical parameters were measured by another periodontist. Monthly follow-up appointments were scheduled for the orthodontic check-ups to deliver a new G.U.M. kit, to reinforce the OHI and MI, and to register the periodontal parameters. The important data for this research was the one recorded at baseline, three and six months after the intervention.

Statistical analysis Mean Simplify oral hygiene index (SOHI), gingival index (GI), periodontal probing depth (PPD), and bleeding on probing (BoP) scores were compared between groups across three-time points using repeated-measures mixed-model analysis of variance. Tests for equality of variances and sphericity to check for homoscedasticity were performed due to the problem of sample attrition. Nevertheless, it was not found any violation to these assumptions in any of the variables included in the analysis. SPSS software was used for all calculations (IBM SPSS 25th version). Due to the nominal level of measurement of the variable BoP, it was performed a chi-squared test for each three time points to check if there were any differences between the two experimental conditions.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

45

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Dominican Republic
    • Distrito Nacional
      • Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic, 22333
        • Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE

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

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with 18-40 years old, systemically healthy, without active dental caries lesions or periodontal diseases, who were candidates for fixed orthodontic appliances.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Smokers and pregnant patients.
  • Participants were discarded if they decided voluntarily to abandon the study of the orthodontic treatment or if they didn't attend to the periodical check-ups.

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: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group
A trained periodontist delivered oral hygiene instructions and motivational interviewing sessions. All the participants received a G.U.M. kit with special orthodontic hygiene tools.
Behavioral: Motivational interviewing
A periodontist was trained and evaluated by two expert psychologists in MI, who also supervised the interviewer to ensure that the intervention was properly applied. The periodontist conducted sessions of motivational interviewing monthly to the participants of the experimental group.
Other Names:
  • Motivational interview
Behavioral: Oral Hygiene Instructions
A periodontist delivered OHI to all the participants of both studied groups. Also, every single patient received a G.U.M. kit with special orthodontic hygiene tools.
Other Names:
  • OHI
Active Comparator: Control group
A trained periodontist delivered only oral hygiene instructions. All the participants received a G.U.M. kit with special orthodontic hygiene tools.
Behavioral: Oral Hygiene Instructions
A periodontist delivered OHI to all the participants of both studied groups. Also, every single patient received a G.U.M. kit with special orthodontic hygiene tools.
Other Names:
  • OHI

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Simplified Oral Hygiene Index
Time Frame: Base line.
six surfaces (from fou r posterior and two anterior teeth ) are examined for debris and calculus, whereas 12 surfaces are examined.
Base line.
Simplified Oral Hygiene Index
Time Frame: 3rd month
six surfaces (from fou r posterior and two anterior teeth ) are examined for debris and calculus, whereas 12 surfaces are examined.
3rd month
Simplified Oral Hygiene Index
Time Frame: 6th month
six surfaces (from fou r posterior and two anterior teeth ) are examined for debris and calculus, whereas 12 surfaces are examined.
6th month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Gingival Index
Time Frame: Base line, 3 and 6 months after the intervention.
Each of the four gingival areas of the tooth is given a score from 0 to 3; this is the gingival índex for the area.
Base line, 3 and 6 months after the intervention.
Periodontal Probing Depth
Time Frame: Base line, 3 and 6 months after the intervention.
One tooth per sextant was chosen and the average was calculated.
Base line, 3 and 6 months after the intervention.
Bleeding on Probing
Time Frame: Base line, 3 and 6 months after the intervention.
Dichotomic response after probing the gingival sulcus.
Base line, 3 and 6 months after the intervention.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Universidad Iberoamericana

Collaborators

Laboratorios Collado

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Henry A Adames, MsC, Universidad Iberoamericana

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 16, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 23, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

May 4, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 4, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CEI2017-06

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

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