Effect Of Oral And Dental Health Education In Pregnant Women

Tarsus University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06076941

TarsusU2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of the education given to pregnant women on their oral and dental health behaviors and knowledge levels.

Full description

In line with these results, it is recommended that midwives should determine the behaviors and knowledge levels of pregnant women regarding oral and dental health within the scope of primary health care services, provide trainings to increase their knowledge and awareness on the subject, refer them to treatment in the presence of problems, and expand these services within the health system.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 44 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being in the first trimester of pregnancy
• Being 19-44 years old,
• Being able to read and write turkish,
• Being a healthy pregnant woman who agrees to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having a risky pregnancy,
• Can't speak or understand Turkish
• Women with intellectual disability
• Serious mental disorders will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Education

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women in the experimental group were given oral and dental health education in groups of maximum five, and the forms were filled out before and one month after the education.

Treatment:

Other: Education

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was made to the pregnant women in the control group, and the forms were completed before and one month after the training.