Using Motivational Interviewing To Reduce Parental Risk-Related Behaviors For Early Childhood Caries

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caries,Dental; Caries

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04286256

1107M02642

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study's aim was to investigate if a motivational interviewing intervention (MI) improved oral self-care behaviors of AIAN caregivers of infants and determine if the MI intervention promoted positive changes in caregivers' ECC risk-related behaviors.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy mothers/caregivers of infants

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with recent antibiotic use (within 3 months)
• Subjects on any medication that is immunosuppressive
• Subjects who self-report they have xerostomia due to medication use

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

The treatment group received motivational interviewing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received standard information only.