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IRCT20220106053643N1 IRCT 2022-02-08 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Evaluation of two in-person and virtual educational interventions in improving the oral health literacy of the adults Comparison of effectiveness of two in-person and virtual educational interventions in improving the oral health literacy of the adults 2022-04-09 anticipated 136 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/61424 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Education/Guidance, Randomization description: Eligible participants will be randomly allocated to two groups of virtual and in-person educational interventions using balanced block randomisation . Each block contains 10 cards inserted in 10 non-transparent envelopes( 5 cards for virtual intervention and 5 cards for in-person intervention). After controlling inclusion and exclusion criteria , each eligible participant will choose one envelope from the respective block randomly , Blinding description: Participants and the researcher performing the intervention can't be blinded because their awareness of the type of intervention is inevitable. Only the researcher analyzing the data will be blinded. N/A oral health literacy. Intervention 1: Virtual educational intervention group:Virtual education is in the form of a short video explaining the same content of face-to-face education and depicts related concepts and topics. The video is sent to the participants in an online messenger (such as WhatsApp or Telegram) of the person's choice. Standard video design criteria are followed. Intervention 2: In-person educational intervention group: Face-to-face education is performed in the form of an interactive conversation with the individual , oral presentation of oral health tips and presentation of a pamphlet. In-person education takes place in the waiting rooms of the clinic of the School of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. If several people are involved in its implementation, calibration is performed. The standard criteria for designing educational pamphlets are observed. Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is No decision has yet been made on the release of unidentifiable data. This will be the case if the Registry of Clinical Trial or the Ethics Committee requests future sharing of unidentifiable data.
public Katayoun Sargeran
North Karegar St,Tehran-Iran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1439955991 +98 21 8801 5960 k-sargeran@tums.ac.ir Tehran University of Medical Sciences scientific Katayoun Sargeran
North Karegar St,Tehran-Iran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1439955991 +98 21 8801 5960 k-sargeran@tums.ac.ir Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) The participants who are able to read and wright in persian . The individuals who are willing to participate in the study and give informed consent. Participants who are older than 18 years old and younger than 65 years old . Participants who have access to an online messenger(such as Whats App messenger). 18 years 65 years Both The individuals who participate in a similar educational study at the same time. The participants who have physical or mental disability. The participants who are unwilling to participate in the study . Other Other Virtual educational intervention group:Virtual education is in the form of a short video explaining the same content of face-to-face education and depicts related concepts and topics. The video is sent to the participants in an online messenger (such as WhatsApp or Telegram) of the person's choice. Standard video design criteria are followed. In-person educational intervention group: Face-to-face education is performed in the form of an interactive conversation with the individual , oral presentation of oral health tips and presentation of a pamphlet. In-person education takes place in the waiting rooms of the clinic of the School of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. If several people are involved in its implementation, calibration is performed. The standard criteria for designing educational pamphlets are observed. Oral health literacy score of OHL-AQ questionnaire. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) , After the intervention , 3 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Oral Health Literacy-Adult Questionnaire (OHL-AQ) : This questionnaire was used in previous studies to evaluate the oral health literacy of the adults in Tehran and its validity and reliability was approved. The OHL-AQ questionnaire consists of 14 questions and 17 items that are divided into 4 sections: text comprehension ability , simple computational skills, listening / communication skills and decision making. The maximum achievable score is 17. Each correct answer is equal to one score ; no scores is considered for the wrong answers . The questionnaire also asks the name, phone number, age, sex, and the level of education of the participants. It is worth mentioning that all the answers and information will be kept confidential. The questionnaires obtained after 3 months and after the virtual intervention will be sent in a messenger of the individual's choice. At the beginning of the questionnaire, participants are asked to answer the questions using their own knowledge and not to seek help from others and not to refer to the educational content. Tehran University of Medical Sciences Approved 2022-01-01 Ethics committee of School of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Sciences North Karegar St,Tehran, Iran Tehran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)