Effectiveness of visual instruction skit and sign language on oral health status among 5–18-year-old hearing-impaired children in South India: A cluster randomized clinical trial
Background: Literature on the effectiveness of theory-based oral health education on the oral hygiene status of hearing-impaired children is limited. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of a school oral health education intervention on oral hygiene status and oral health-related knowledge among 5–18...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_222_24 |
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| Summary: | Background:
Literature on the effectiveness of theory-based oral health education on the oral hygiene status of hearing-impaired children is limited.
Aim:
To determine the effectiveness of a school oral health education intervention on oral hygiene status and oral health-related knowledge among 5–18-year-old children in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Materials and Methods:
A cluster randomized clinical trial was conducted among all institutionalized hearing-impaired children and young adults residing in various special care schools in Nellore district. Plaque Control record, gingival index (GI), and Decayed Missed Filled Teeth/ decayed extracted filled teeth and Decayed Missed Filled surfaces/ decayed extracted filled surfaces (DMFT/deft, and DMFS/defs) index were recorded; participants were selected and were randomly allocated to two groups using lottery method with 50 subjects in each group, Group I: sign language and Group II: video skit.
Results:
In all the age groups, preintervention DMFT and postintervention GI, DMFT, and DMFS were statistically significant in the sign language group and in the video skit group. Postintervention DMFS shows a significant difference.
Conclusion:
When compared with video instruction skit, sign language shows significant improvement in the oral hygiene status of CHI. |
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| ISSN: | 0970-4388 1998-3905 |