NCT04023500

Supporting Oral Self-care of Patients With Periodontitis Through Motivational Interview

Supporting Oral Self-care of Patients With Periodontitis Through Brief Motivational Interview

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Turku · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential additive effect of Motivational Interviewing (MI) on gingival health and self-care. Our hypothesis was that the Motivational Interviewing would result in improved gingival health and self-care compared to prevailing patient education.

Detailed description

The study is designed as a randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical trial of 6-month duration involving patients with diagnosed periodontitis. The subjects are randomized to intervention or control group using the randomizing list. For both groups, necessary non-surgical periodontal treatments will be done. In the intervention group The MI-intervention is used as a part of normal dental hygienist appointment and if patient need more than one visit, MI was used in every visit. In control group prevailing, more professional-centered education is used. Dental hygienist define patients educational needs and give direct instructions how to change behaviour and self-care.

Conditions

• Periodontal Diseases
• Patient Education
• Self-Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational interview vs. prevailing education	In intervention group dental hygienists are trained to focus on patients view of their oral health, self-care skills and need for oral-health related behaviour change. They are supposed to use open-ended questions, reflective listening and reinforcing with patients. In control croup dental hygienist defined patients educational needs and gave direct instructions how to change behaviour and self-care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2019-08-30
• First posted: 2019-07-17
• Last updated: 2019-07-19