Impact of Oral Health Program on Al-Lith Children's KAP
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Conditions studied: Dental Caries in Children
In brief
Dental caries remains a significant global public health issue, particularly affecting children's health, development, and well-being, with inadequate knowledge, attitudes, and practices around oral health exacerbating these impacts. To address this, a cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted in four primary schools in Al Lith City, Saudi Arabia, targeting children aged 10 to 11 years. The intervention involves interactive, classroom-based educational sessions led by a dental care professional, supplemented by take-home materials, focusing first on enhancing knowledge and attitudes, and then on developing behavioral skills for improved oral hygiene and eating habits. Participants' knowledge, attitudes, and practices will be assessed via questionnaires before, immediately after, and six months post-intervention, with data analyzed using SPSS through descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, One Way-ANOVA, and Generalized Estimating Equations. The study expects that school-based oral health education will significantly improve children's oral health knowledge and certain hygiene behaviors, as well as positively influence eating habits and patterns.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07009015
- Run by
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
- People needed
- 430
- Starts
- 2024-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-08-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-15
Who can join
Age: 10 and older, up to 11. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Primary school male students.
- Aged 10 to 11 years old.
- Students who have at least one of their parent's consents to participate in the study.
You may not qualify if…
- Students who are medically ill at the time of conducting the study.
- Students that are absent while conducting the study.
Where it is running
- Universiti Putra Malaysia — Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia (enrolling)
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