Effectiveness of MySmile App for Improving the Oral Health of Secondary School Children:
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: MySmile app, Control.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Oral Disease, Gingival Diseases. Basic parameters: 15 years — 17 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Malaysia
- Next step
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Official title
Effectiveness of MySmile App for Improving the Oral Health of Secondary School Children: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Overview
The goal of this cluster-randomised control trial is to assess the effectiveness of the MySmile app for improving oral health in secondary school children. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Will the MySmile app be more effective in improving secondary school children's dental plaque and gingival health over and above the existing school dental service (SDS)? 2. Will the MySmile app be more effective in improving secondary school children's oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours over and above the existing SDS? 3. Is the MySmile app easy to use by secondary school children? 4. Is the MySmile app acceptable to use from the perspective of secondary school children? Participants in the intervention group will receive the SDS and MySmile app. The control group will receive SDS only. Therefore the researcher will compare between the intervention and control group in terms of dental plaque, gingival health, oral health knowledge, oral health attitudes and oral health behaviours.
Detailed description
The selection of schools into the study will involve three (3) sampling levels. At the first level, acknowledging the division of secondary schools in the district into urban and rural, one matched-pair will be randomly selected from urban area, and another matched pair will be randomly selected from rural area. At the second level, randomisation of the school is carried out. The 2 schools in each of the matched-pair will be randomly allocated to intervention and control group. At the third level, six (6) classrooms from moderate academic performance level will be selected (2 classrooms from Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5, respectively). Students who fulfil the inclusion criteria will be invited to participate in the study. The randomisation sequence will be carried out by the statistician at the Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya
Interventions
- Other MySmile app
The MySmile app contains several features: A) Knowledge Hub 1. "Do You Know" section: This section consists of seven (7) topics where users can learn about oral health knowledge. 2. "Quiz time" section: In this section, school children can play games and challenge themselves. B) Track yourself Brushing diary Diet diary C) Get help 1. Ask an expert 2. Find your dentist 3. Friendly reminders - Other Control
This will receive the usual School Dental Service. School Dental Service provide students who need dental treatment and will be called to be given treatment. Among the treatments given include: * Dental filling * Full mouth scaling * Dental extraction * Preventive treatment, such as topical fluoride application All treatment is free of charge except for dentures, crown/bridge work and orthodontics. Treatment for school children is based on normative needs assessment as determined by the denti
Primary outcome measures
- The mean decrement in plaque score will be assessed using the Plaque Control Record developed by O'Leary Drake and Naylor in 1972 [Time frame: after 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention]
- The mean increment in gingival health will be assessed using Gingival Index developed by Silness and Loe in 1963 [Time frame: after 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- The mean increment of oral health knowledge, attitude and practice using validated questionnaires. [Time frame: after 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention.]
Eligibility criteria
- Inclusion criteria for school
- Government-funded secondary school
- Received SDS from the mobile dental squad/school dental clinic at least once a year.
- High-risk schools with all indicators not meeting the district's benchmark.
- Inclusion criteria for the participants:
- Secondary school children aged 15-17 years old.
- Medium to high dental plaque level - Plaque score more than 50%
- Healthy with no chronic medical history and physical disabilities
- Understand the English language.
- Own a smartphone// have access to an Android-based smartphone
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Malaysia · 1 center
- Muhammad Hamidie bin Saari — Kuala Lumpur
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06381700 · DF CO2405/0014 (P)