NCT04464941

Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness

Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment.

Conditions

• Evaluate the Effects of an Oral Health Promotion Program

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	a composite intervention with both group and individual components for oral health promotion program	The group intervention consisted of: 1\. Group oral health education 2. Display of Bass tooth-brushing methods 3. Broadcasting of songs as tooth-brushing reminders; The individual interventions included: 1\. Instruction in the Bass tooth-brushing method, 2. Individual behavioral modification method

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-21
• Primary completion: 2016-06-30
• Completion: 2016-07-10
• First posted: 2020-07-09
• Last updated: 2020-07-09