Interactive Oral Health Educational Program for Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Caregivers (oral program)

Interactive Oral Health Educational Program for Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Caregivers.

Conducting a research with an interactive oral health educational program and assessing knowledge of caregivers using a questionnaire will help in collecting information about the oral health educational program for children with intellectual disability and the extent of knowledge of care givers in Egypt. This will aid in identifying the knowledge gap, interest, attitude, and practice challenges regarding the children with intellectual disability.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Intellectual Disability; Caregiver Burden
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: A Before and After study; Other: before and after study

Detailed Description

For all children, oral health is a crucial component of overall health, but it is even more crucial for kids with particular medical requirements. Despite the high prevalence of dental disorders among them, people with disabilities or illnesses receive less oral treatment than the general population. According to reports, the largest unmet health need among disabled individuals is dental care. The general health and well-being of the body are closely linked to oral health. The quality of life is enhanced by good dental health. Mentally disabled patients have worse oral health than their normal counterparts, which makes it harder for them to use the oral cavity for activities like eating, swallowing, speaking, chewing, and drooling. This leads to malocclusion, compromised appearance, and poor overall health. Educating parents, guardians, and other caregivers on the causes and self-care prevention of dental disease is a critical part in lowering the caries/gingivitis rate among these children globally. Because of the insufficiency of oral health programs offered in institutions or schools for these particular children, parents and care givers usually have little knowledge about mouth health. they do not understand the significance of dental health, and the educational resources that are accessible to them are frequently insufficient and out-of-date

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 30

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Marnal Ahmed Elbanna, master's researcher; Phone Number: 00201005222055; Email: marnal.elbanna@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

intellectual disability children and their care givers

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• children with intellectual disability
• care givers
• IQ(mild)50-69
• IQ(moderate) 35-49

Exclusion Criteria:

• IQ(severe) 20-34
• refusal to get enrolled in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
intellectual disability children and their care givers; oral health educational interactive program of intellectual disabilitry and their care givers	Other: A Before and After study; interactive oral health educational program for children with intellectual disability and their care givers; Other: before and after study; To evaluate the oral health of a group of children with disability and determine the effectiveness of the interactive oral health education program on oral health of children and care givers' oral health knowledge.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Oral health of children	Oral health of children: Gingival index (GL); Before starting the educational program.; At the end of the educational program. Score from 0,1,2,3 and Plaque index (PL); Before starting the educational program.; At the end of the educational program. Score from 0,1,2,3	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Secondary outcome Knowledge of Care givers Questionnaire chart	Secondary outcome Knowledge of Care givers Questionnaire chart; Before starting the educational program.; At the end of the educational program. Score	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Da'aj, S.T., Al-Bayati, S., Al-Karawi, A.J., & Hameed, A.S. (2023). Oral Health Education (OHE) Program on Adolescents before and after Teacher's Training in Diyala City: A Comparative Clinical Study. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): February 14, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 18, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 18, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Interactive oral health educational program
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Stress, Psychological; Caregiver Burden; Intellectual Disability
• Other Study ID Numbers: Educational program

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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