Clinical Trial: Impact of Digital Oral Health Education on Oral Health Literacy (OHL) of Mother-Child Pairs: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Japan)

Tokyo, June 10 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061854) titled 'Impact of Digital Oral Health Education on Oral Health Literacy (OHL) of Mother-Child Pairs: A Randomized Controlled Trial' on June 10.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Single blind -participants are blinded Control - Active

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Institute of Dental Sciences Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Condition: Condition - Oral Health Literacy and Oral Health Status in Mother-Child Pairs Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To investigate the effectiveness of a smartphone application (WhatsApp) based oral health education intervention among Mother-Child pairs and to evaluate its impact on oral health literacy of mothers, oral hygiene status, and oral health outcomes of children compared with conventional oral health education. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Study Group: Mothers received conventional oral health education and oral health educational videos through WhatsApp. Videos were delivered twice per month on different Saturdays for three consecutive months. Interventions/Control_2 - Control Group: Mothers received conventional oral health education through classroom sessions using PowerPoint presentations, posters, and verbal instruction.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 6 years-old = Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Children aged 6 to 12 years enrolled in the selected schools. Mothers owning a smartphone with access to WhatsApp. Mother-child pairs willing to participate and provide informed consent. Key exclusion criteria - Mother-child pairs without access to a smartphone or WhatsApp. Children or mothers with learning disabilities. Participants unwilling to provide consent or complete the study. Target Size - 80

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Completed Date of protocol fixation - 2023 Year 03 Month 16 Day Date of IRB - 2023 Year 03 Month 16 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2024 Year 02 Month 01 Day Last follow-up date - 2024 Year 05 Month 30 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070776

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