Effect of Educational Intervention in Mothers for Prevention of Caries in Their Children

University of the Punjab

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Caries

Treatments: Behavioral: reminder phone call; Behavioral: oral health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01763138

fatima ishfaq

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of an educational intervention on mothers knowledge, attitudes and practices for preventing childhood caries.

Full description

Health education is being used as a key preventive tool in the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, obesity, mental illness, neurological disturbances as well as dental diseases.

Amongst the dental diseases, dental caries is a high prevalence chronic childhood disease having long term growth and developmental implications . A number of educational programs have been utilized to decrease its prevalence especially in disadvantaged communities.

Dental caries is a complex interplay of a number of risk factors such as demographic (socioeconomic status, race, etc.) behavioral, dietary and cultural factors. Among the dietary intake, the most significant risk factor has been a high frequency intake of sugary foods and drinks.Patterns of sugar intake are established early in life and sugar intake increases in the first two years of life.

Early feeding practices and lack of oral hygiene maintenance have been identified as risk factors for caries in subsequent years. Maternal education can prove to be protective against dental caries by way of child's dietary practices.

Research has also indicated a reduction in prevalence of caries in children whose parents were previously participants of an oral health educational program.

Educating mothers about oral hygiene and feeding practices before the child transitions from exclusive milk diet to a variety of foods in an important time to exert a positive influence on dietary intake of child and overall oral health.

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 15 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mothers of 9-15 months old attending the vaccination clinic who consented to be a part of the study

Exclusion criteria

• Mothers with severely ill children or children suffering from a co-morbid disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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126 participants in 3 patient groups

pamphlet and reminder

Other group

Description:

pictorial oral health pamphlet comprising of instructions on child's oral hygiene and feeding practices and a oral health education reminder phone call after a period of one month.

Treatment:

Behavioral: reminder phone call

Behavioral: oral health education

pamphlet only

Other group

Description:

oral health education pictorial pamphlet would be provided to mothers however there will be no reminder phone calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: oral health education

control

No Intervention group

Description:

no oral health education or reminder phone calls will be provided to mothers.