What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers

December 7, 2023 updated by: Sema Aydınoglu, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers: Its Relationship With Parents' Oral Health Literacy and Children's Oral Health

Space maintainers are frequently used to prevent malocclusion problems in early primary tooth loss. Oral health literacy is defined as the capacity of individuals to learn, understand and evaluate basic oral health information. It is considered that parents' awareness of space maintainers may be affected by various factors such as their demographic characteristics and oral health literacy. The aim was to evaluate the relationship between variables by determining parents' awareness of space maintainers and their oral health literacy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This cross-sectional study included 600 children and their parents. The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

600

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

  • Turkey
      • Rize, Turkey, 53100
        • Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital
      • Rize, Turkey
        • Sema AYDINOGLU

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

children who applied for the dental trearment to the Faculty of Dentistry in Rize

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who did not require urgent treatment,
  • Who did not use medication for psychiatric reasons,
  • Who did not have any mental illness were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Those who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded from the study.

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
the knowledge about space maintainers of the parents
Time Frame: for three months from the beginning of the study
15 questions that evaluates the awareness about space maintainers of parents was applied face to face.
for three months from the beginning of the study
oral health literacy of the parents
Time Frame: for three months from the beginning of the study
Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30 ) scale.
for three months from the beginning of the study
oral health literacy of the parents assessed by TREALD-30A scale
Time Frame: for three months from the beginning of the study
Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30A) scale.
for three months from the beginning of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents
Time Frame: for three months from the beginning of the study
the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents was assessed using TREALD scales and a questionnaire.
for three months from the beginning of the study

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sema AYDINOGLU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

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)

August 30, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 30, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

December 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 25, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 7, 2023

First Posted (Estimated)

December 8, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

December 8, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 7, 2023

Last Verified

November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2022/140

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Dental Caries in Children

Clinical Trials on A questionnaire and TREALD scales were applied to parents.

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Guinea

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe