The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing in Preventing Early Childhood Caries Among Mothers of Infants in Terengganu.
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Anticipatory Guidance Using Motivational Interviewing, Conventional Ministry of Health Anticipatory Guidance.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Healthy Women, Caries of Infancy. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Female.
- 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
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Official title
The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing in Preventing Early Childhood Caries: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Among Mothers of Infants in Terengganu.
Overview
This study will be conducted in Ministry of Health (MOH) Maternal and Child Health Clinics (MCHCs) and MOH dental clinics in Setiu and Hulu Terengganu, selected for their similar sociodemographic characteristics. A two-arm, parallel cluster-randomized controlled trial (1:1 allocation) will be implemented, where the study group receives Anticipatory Guidance (AG) through Motivational Interviewing (MI), and the control group receives conventional MOH AG. Mothers aged ≥18 years who can understand Bahasa Malaysia and their healthy 6-month-old infants (full-term, without congenital conditions) are eligible. Mothers with postpartum depression and infants requiring special oral healthcare are excluded. A total of 228 mother-infant pairs will be recruited using multistage sampling. Three MCHCs from Setiu and three randomly selected MCHCs from Hulu Terengganu will participate. Systematic sampling will be applied within each clinic. Data collection occurs at infant ages 6, 9, and 12 months during routine immunization visits. At each visit, infants undergo oral examination using ICDAS and a caries risk assessment. Mothers complete age-specific validated questionnaires on knowledge and practices. The study group receives two MI sessions (at 6 and 9 months) with follow-up phone calls, while the control group receives routine AG by MOH staff. The MI protocol will be developed based on established MI frameworks and be validated through expert review, will be pretested among mothers and dental officers/therapists in MOH MCHC and MOH dental clinic in Besut district. While fidelity assessment of MI sessions conducted will be done using MITI 4.2.1 guidelines. All MI sessions will be delivered by the trained principal investigator. Approximately 8 minutes are required for infant oral examination, 7 minutes for questionnaire completion, and 30 minutes for MI. Data will be analysed using descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, independent t-tests, McNemar's test, and Chi-Square test with significance set at p \< 0.05. Ethical approval was obtained from Jawatankuasa Etika Penyelidikan Manusia USM (JEPeM)/ Human Research Ethics Committee USM (HREC) and Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) MOH. Participation is voluntary, with confidentiality ensured. No major risks are expected.
Interventions
- Behavioral Anticipatory Guidance Using Motivational Interviewing
A collaborative, patient-centered communication approach that helps strengthen patients' motivation to change health behaviors - Behavioral Conventional Ministry of Health Anticipatory Guidance
A process of providing practical developmentally appropriate health information about their children to parents so that they know what to expect during the child's current and approaching stage of development.
Primary outcome measures
- Mothers' knowledge regarding infant oral health care [Time frame: 6 months]
- Mother's practice regarding infant oral health care [Time frame: 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Incidence of ECC of infants [Time frame: 6 months]
- Dental caries risk status of infants [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Mothers:
- Malaysian citizens
- Can read and understand Bahasa Malaysia
- Aged 18 years old and above
- Infants:
- Aged 6 months old (with or without erupted teeth)
- Born full-term (≥37 weeks of gestation)
- Without diagnosed congenital anomalies or syndromes
Exclusion criteria
- Mothers
o Mothers experiencing postpartum depression or other significant postnatal issues
- Infants
- Diagnosed with special needs, chronic diseases, or developmental defects
- Infants who are at risk for oral health problems due to pre-existing medical conditions
- Infants requiring specialized oral healthcare, such as those with cleft lip and palate, enamel hypoplasia
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
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07538219 · USM/JEPeM/KK/25080733