Effectiveness of Skit Video to Improve Oral Hygiene Status of Children With Hearing Impairment

Dow University of Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hearing Impaired Children

Treatments: Behavioral: Skit video, Pictorial, Sign language

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06089564

DowUHS 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction: Oral health is considered as a vital component of overall health and its importance in children may not be disregarded. In children with hearing impairment, communication barriers may hamper their understanding of oral hygiene practices, making them particularly vulnerable to dental problems. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare effectiveness of skit video, pictorial and sign language interventions to improve oral hygiene status of children with hearing impairment. Methods: Sixty children were completed the study and allocated randomly into each group with twenty children as follows: group A: Skit video, group B: Pictorial, and group C: Sign language. Mean gingival and OHI scores were recorded before and after implementation of interventions. Oral hygiene habits, oral hygiene and gingival index scores were recorded by structured questionnaire.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with hearing impairment and total hearing loss at birth
• Aged 7 to 20 years for both genders,
• Minimum of 20 teeth in the oral cavity
• Children with mild, moderate, and severe gingivitis

Exclusion criteria

• Children with dental plaque covered more than two-thirds of their tooth surface, had a plaque score of >1.0
• Children with fair to poor oral hygiene
• Children who had previously participated in any activity or programme promoting oral health within the previous six months
• Children with mild to moderate hearing loss
• Children taking long-term antibiotics
• Children who had used mouthwash within the previous three months
• Children with any known systemic diseases
• Presence of extensive dental calculus
• Uncooperative children

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Skit video

Active Comparator group

Description:

The video was shown to children lasting for 5 minutes. It was about oral habits, good and bad food. Video was also showed brushing technique.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Skit video, Pictorial, Sign language

Pictorial

Active Comparator group

Description:

The pictures related to brushing technique and oral health advices such as good and bad habits was provided in the form of laminated cards. The children has taken those cards along with them.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Skit video, Pictorial, Sign language

Signed Language

No Intervention group

Description:

The oral health education related to oral habits, good and bad food was delivered via sign language with the help of children sign language teacher.