NCT06838221

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

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

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Months – 12 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

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of dental health, and the educational resources that are accessible to them are frequently insufficient and out-of-date

Conditions

• Intellectual Disability
• Caregiver Burden

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-14
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2026-01-01
• First posted: 2025-02-20
• Last updated: 2025-02-20