Protocol summary

Summary
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of oral and dental health education on combining dental caries preventive behaviors in students and the specific goals are: determine the demographic and background characteristics of students in two groups: intervention and control, determination The relationship between knowledge, attitude and behavior with demographic variables, determine and compare the mean score of knowledge, attitude and preventive behaviors in students about dental caries before, immediately and two months after the intervention. In this semi-experimental study, female students of elementary school in KootAbdollah town were selected through multistage cluster sampling in the first semester of the academic year of 2017-2016. The criteria for entering the study are as follows: Residence in Koot Abdollah, primary and secondary education, and willingness to participate in the study, as well as exclusion criteria include incomplete completion of the questionnaire, reluctance to continue studying and transfer to other schools. The data collection tool was a demographic and subscale characteristics questionnaire and a standard questionnaire for assessing the knowledge, attitude and behavior regarding the prevention of dental caries that was completed in three stages before, immediately and two months after the intervention. The experimental group received two sessions of combination training, which included the use of presentation, PowerPoint, practical and role play.

General information

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IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number: IRCT2017082635899N1
Registration date: 2017-10-03, 1396/07/11
Registration timing: retrospective

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Registration date
2017-10-03, 1396/07/11
Registrant information
Name
Hosna Rrashidi Birgani
Name of organization / entity
Tarbiat modares
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 21 82880
Email address
h-rashidi@modares.ac.ir
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
investigator
Expected recruitment start date
2017-02-17, 1395/11/29
Expected recruitment end date
2017-06-20, 1396/03/30
Actual recruitment start date
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Actual recruitment end date
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Trial completion date
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Scientific title
The effect of oral health education using blended learning on Adoption of dental caries preventive behaviors among students at elementary schools
Public title
The effect of oral health education using blended learning on Adoption of dental caries preventive behaviors among students at elementary schools
Purpose
Prevention
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria included: residence in the town of Kootabdollah, studying in fifth and sixth grades and willingness to participate in the study and exclusion criteria included: imperfect completion of questionnaires, lack of willing to continue to participate in the study and transfer to other schools.
Age
No age limit
Gender
Female
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size: 120
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Single
Other design features
Samples were selected from elementary schools in the city of Kootabdollah by multistage cluster sampling method. First, a list of girls' schools was provided at the elementary level of Kootabdollah. Then they randomly selected 2 schools. Two selected schools were randomly divided into two intervention and control groups.

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Ethics committees

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Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
ethics committee of Tarbiat Modares University
Street address
Tehran, Jalal al ahmad, Nasr Bridge
City
Tehran
Postal code
Approval date
2016-12-04, 1395/09/14
Ethics committee reference number
IR.TMU.REC.1395.452

Health conditions studied

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Description of health condition studied
oral health
ICD-10 code
k03.2
ICD-10 code description
Erosion of teeth

Primary outcomes

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Description
Awareness
Timepoint
Before the intervention, immediately and two months after the intervention
Method of measurement
questionnaire

2

Description
Attitude
Timepoint
Before the intervention, immediately and two months after the intervention
Method of measurement
questionnaire

3

Description
Performance
Timepoint
Before the intervention, immediately and two months after the intervention
Method of measurement
questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

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Intervention groups

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Description
Education using blended learning include PowerPoint , lectures, Replica and practical presentation for 2 training sessions.
Category
Behavior

Recruitment centers

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Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Prophecy elementary school
Full name of responsible person
Fereshteh Tadayon Nia
Street address
Kootabdollah- Telecommunication Street
City
Kootabdollah

2

Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Culture elementary school
Full name of responsible person
laleh Asakereh
Street address
hadi abad
City
Kootabdollah

Sponsors / Funding sources

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Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Vice chancellor for research tarbiat modares university
Full name of responsible person
Yagub Fathollahi
Street address
Tehran- Tarbiat Modares University
City
Tehran
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Vice chancellor for research tarbiat modares university
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
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Domestic or foreign origin
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Category of foreign source of funding
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Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
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Person responsible for general inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Tarbiat Modares University
Full name of responsible person
SHamsaddin Niknami
Position
Associate Professor, Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Tehran, Jalal Al Ahmad and Chamran intersection, Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Education
City
Tehran
Postal code
Phone
+98 21 8288 3549
Fax
Email
niknamis@modares.ac.ir niknami6@yahoo.com
Web page address

Person responsible for scientific inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Tarbiat Modares University
Full name of responsible person
Hosna Rashidi Birgani
Position
Msc student of health education
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Tehran - Tarbiat Modares University- Faculty of Medical Sciences
City
Tehran
Postal code
Phone
+98 61 3376 8225
Fax
Email
hosna.rashidi@yahoo.com
Web page address

Person responsible for updating data

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Sharing plan

Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
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Study Protocol
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Statistical Analysis Plan
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Informed Consent Form
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Clinical Study Report
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Analytic Code
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Data Dictionary
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