NCT06461611

Effect of Health Diary on Self-management in Adolescent Patients With Fixed Orthodontic Appliance

Effect of Health Diary on Self-management in Adolescent Patients With Orthodontic Fixed Appliance: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Wei XIA, PhD · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to use two-arm randomized clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of the health diary in helping adolescents wearing fixed orthodontic appliances improve their oral hygiene status, self-management skills, oral health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, intention，number of breakages, and on-time and return visit status.

Conditions

• Oral Hygiene
• Self-Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Health Diary Program	The health diary is constructed based on the theory of health action process approach, which is used to plan and clock for self-management behaviors of adolescent patients during fixed orthodontic treatment.
BEHAVIORAL	Traditional Health Education	Traditional health education is that the nurse orally teaches the patient about fixed orthodontic knowledge, and the patient obtains a paper information.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-03-31
• Completion: 2025-07-31
• First posted: 2024-06-17
• Last updated: 2024-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China