Clinical Trial: Oral Health Education for Caregivers of Children With Disabilities

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Effectiveness of an Oral Health Education Program for Caregivers of Children With Developmental Disabilities: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Brief Summary: Considering the impact of caregivers' oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices on the oral health of their children; we introduced an educational program to the parents and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities about the oral healthcare of their developmentally disabled children to rise up with the oral health status of those children.

Detailed Summary:

  • Target Population; Parents of Children with DD enrolled in selected special education centers in Khartoum state, Khartoum, Sudan, and their developmentally disabled children.
  • A convenient sample of two special education centers were selected randomly from a list of all the 105 special education centers registered at the State Ministry of Education, and allocated into intervention and control groups.
  • One center was used as case who received the educational program and the other center was used as a control group.
  • Eligibility Criteria: child aged 3-18, with a developmental disability, caregivers approval to participate (signed the informed consent).
  • All the Children who met the eligibility criteria in both centers were examined and all their parents were interviewed, before and after the intervention.
  • An interview questionnaire for the parents of Children with DD in both centers was used to evaluate their knowledge and attitude toward the oral health care of their children before and 3 months after the intervention.
  • Oral examination was carried out to determine the baseline oral hygiene level and treatment needs of the Children with DD, before the educational session.
  • A second examination was carried out after a period of 3 months after the educational session, to determine any change in oral hygiene and treatment needs of the children after their parents and or caregivers' attendance to the educational session.
  • The baseline and follow up examination were carried out blindly by a calibrated dentist.
  • The same examiner carried out the baseline and follow up examinations to avoid any i
    Sponsor: ElTyeb, Sara Amir Hassan, M.D.

    Current Primary Outcome: improvement in oral hygiene status of children with developmental disabilities [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

    simplified oral hygiene index recorded from the oral examination of children with disabilities are analyzed in cluster level for both intervention and control groups, and compared before and 3 months after the educational intervention.


    Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

    Current Secondary Outcome:

    • improvement in caregivers' knowledge about oral healthcare of their developmentally disabled children [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
      score of knowledge recorded in the interview questionnaire to the caregivers of children with disabilities are analyzed in cluster level for both intervention and control groups, and compared before and 3 months after the educational intervention.
    • improvement in caregivers' attitude towards the oral healthcare of their developmentally disabled children [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
      score of attitude recorded in the interview questionnaire to the caregivers of children with disabilities are analyzed in cluster level for both intervention and control groups, and compared before and 3 months after the educational intervention.
    • decrease in the unmet treatment needs of children with developmental disabilities [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
      score of unmet treatment needs recorded from the oral examination of children with disabilities are analyzed in cluster level for both intervention and control groups, and compared before and 3 months after the educational intervention.


    Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

    Information By: ElTyeb, Sara Amir Hassan, M.D.

    Dates:
    Date Received: May 13, 2017
    Date Started: July 1, 2016
    Date Completion:
    Last Updated: May 16, 2017
    Last Verified: May 2017