NCT05570500

Comparing the Effect of Online and Conventional Oral Health Education in Egypt

Comparing the Effect of the Online Oral Health Education to the Conventional Method on the Knowledge and Practice of Personal Oral Hygiene in a Group of Primary School Children in Egypt. A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 636 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to compare the results of online oral health education and conventional oral health education methods in terms of their effectiveness towards improving the knowledge and practice of oral hygiene in primary school children in Egypt. This study is done in two schools in Egypt, in 3rd and 4th grade respectfully. The classrooms in each grade will be randomly assigned to each of the two groups (online and conventional oral health education). A questionnaire that assesses knowledge and attitude towards self oral care will be administered by the primary investigator before and after the oral health education sessions. The pre and post questionnaires will be compared in terms of results to evaluate the effectiveness of both methods.

Conditions

• Knowledge
• Attitude to Health
• Practice

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Oral health education	oral health education sessions that aims to improve both knowledge of primary school children regarding bacteria, caries, number of teeth, plaque formation and attitude of primary school children regarding tooth brushing techniques, number of times per day, dietary instructions to avoid dental caries.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-12
• Primary completion: 2023-03-20
• Completion: 2023-03-25
• First posted: 2022-10-06
• Last updated: 2024-01-10
• Results posted: 2024-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt