Effectiveness NutriDent4Mom to Improve Nutrient Intake, Diet Quality, and Periodontal Health Status of Pregnant Women

NORKHAFIZAH SADDKI

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diet Quality; Periodontal Disease; Nutrient Intake

Treatments: Behavioral: Mobile Application Prototype; Behavioral: Health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07247019

USM/JEPeM/22020106

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this two-arm, parallel-group cluster randomized controlled trial was to assess the effectiveness of a healthcare mobile application prototype (NutriDent4Mom) in improving nutrient intake, diet quality and periodontal health status of pregnant women.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does the NutriDent4Mom apps increase the mean nutrient intake (Nutrient value) and diet quality score (HEI) of pregnant women?
2. Does the NutriDent4Mom apps improve the periodontal health (GI score, CPI score) of pregnant women?

Researchers will compare the NutriDent4Mom apps to the conventional Ministry of Health (MOH) program to see if the NutriDent4Mom apps is effective to improve nutrient intake, diet quality and periodontal health status of pregnant women.

Full description

Participants will receive the NutriDent4Mom application. Measurement of outcomes included the 3-day 24-hour diet recall for nutrient intake, Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for diet quality, and the Gingival Index (GI) and Community Periodontal Index (CPI) for periodontal health. Data were collected 3 times, at baseline before the respective intervention, after one month (evaluation 1), and after another one month (evaluation 2).

Enrollment: 264 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged from 19 to 50 years old
• Pregnant between 13 to 20 weeks
• Singleton pregnancy
• Own any type of android operating system handheld device
• Malaysian citizen
• Able to read and write in Malay language

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus or gestational diabetes mellitus
• Diagnosed with hypertensive disorder
• Diagnosed with severe hyperemesis gravidarum during current pregnancy
• Wearing dental appliances (removable and/or fixed appliance)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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264 participants in 2 patient groups

NutriDent4Mom application

Experimental group

Description:

NutriDent4Mom mobile application provides comprehensive nutrition and oral health education with attractive application features that enable the engagement of behavioral changes in nutrient intake and oral health care

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mobile Application Prototype

Ministry of Health healthcare program for antenatal mothers

Active Comparator group

Description:

Routine antenatal healthcare provided by the MOH staff which include delivery of health education according to the topics specified in the Antenatal Mother Record Book or "Buku Rekod Kesihatan Ibu"

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health education