Brief Interventions to Improve Behavior Outcomes and Prevent Cavities

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Child Behavior; Parenting; Cavity, Dental

Treatments: Behavioral: Cavity Prevention Handout; Behavioral: Play Nicely

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06588725

241240

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will study brief educational interventions designed to address childhood behavior problems and prevent cavities.

Full description

The investigators will study brief educational interventions designed to address childhood behavior problems and prevent cavities. Participants will be parents of children, ages 9 months to 3 years, presenting with their child for a well child visit. Parent/child dyads will be randomized into three different groups: Group 1 will be introduced to an online educational intervention to address childhood behavior problem, Group 2 will be introduced to a printed educational intervention to address childhood behavior problems, and Group 3 will be introduced to an educational intervention to prevent cavities. Study procedures will include 1) the educational intervention in the examination room before the clinic visit, 2) a brief survey immediately after the clinic visit and 3) a brief survey in 2-4 months sent via REDCap, and 4) follow up health and insurance records related to the study interventions.

Enrollment: 750 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 months to 3 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of 9 month to 3 year old children.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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750 participants in 3 patient groups

Child behavior management - free resources

Experimental group

Description:

Two minutes of education about child behavior management coupled with free resources.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Play Nicely

Child behavior management - handbook

Experimental group

Description:

Two minutes of education about child behavior management coupled with free resources and a handbook

Treatment:

Behavioral: Play Nicely

Cavity Prevention

Experimental group

Description:

Two minutes of education about how to prevent cavities coupled with a 2 page handout.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cavity Prevention Handout