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IRCT20130617013695N5 IRCT 2022-11-28 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Effect of education on prevention of traumatic dental injuries The effect of two educational interventions on the knowledge and self-reported practice of 10-13-year-old elementary school students towards traumatic dental injuries 2022-11-06 anticipated 280 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/66255 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention, Randomization description: A list of girls' and boys' elementary schools covered by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran will be prepared. From this list, two girls' primary schools and two boys' primary schools will be randomly selected as strata. Again, from the fourth to the sixth grades of each primary school, two classes will be defined as a cluster. Allocation of the intervention to these four primary schools will be done randomly and by a coin toss: in two primary schools (one for girls and one for boys) it will be in the form of educational flash cards and in the other two primary schools (one for girls and one for boys) it will be in the form of an educational application. N/A Traumatic dental injuries. Intervention 1: The first intervention group: a package containing educational flash cards with color pictures regarding the prevention of dental injuries is prepared based on the latest evidence and scientific guidelines. This package has information for students in two parts: 1- Proper management of dental injuries after they occur, including soft tissue damage, crown fracture, tooth loss, dental avulsion, and alveolar bone fracture, and 2- Methods of preventing dental injuries in teenagers, including the use of mouth guard and its types. At baseline and after collecting filled-out questionnaires by participants, the educational flash cards will be distributed among participants in the flash card group. The flash cards will remain with the students. A month and a half after the flash cards distribution, a reminder will be sent again to the athletes as a reminder. Intervention 2: Intervention group 2: An educational application on prevention of Traumatic Dental Injuries (TDIs) in Android operating system, will be designed based on on the latest evidence and scientific guidelines with similar content to the pamphlet. As same as flash cards, the application provides information for students in two parts: 1- proper TDIs' management after occurrence including soft tissue damage, crown fracture, tooth luxation, tooth avulsion, and alveolar bone damage, and 2- preventive measurements on TDIs in sports including mouth guard usage and different types of this appliance. At baseline, after collecting filled out questionnaire by participants, the link to access the application in Miket, the Iranian application market, will be sent to the students or thier parents via SMS. Students will be asked to contact one of the study researchers if they have problems in installing or using the app. A month and a half after sending the link, a notification designed in the app will be sent to students as a reminder . Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: After making people unrecognizable, the study protocol, information on the main outcomes (Knowledge and practice), informed consent form, and report of the study will be shareable. When: Initiation of access: from the publication of the manuscript To whom: Researchers in academic and scientific organizations; Education departments; Parents and students Conditions: Access to data and documents would be possible by sending a request email to the main researcher. Where to obtain: Sending email to Dr. Samaneh Razeghi (s-razeghi@tums.ac.ir) How to obtain: Sending email to Dr. Samaneh Razeghi (s-razeghi@tums.ac.ir) Comments:
public Samaneh Razeghi
School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, North Kargar Str.
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1439955991 +98 21 8801 5960 s-razeghi@tums.ac.ir Tehran University of Medical Sciences scientific Samaneh Razeghi
School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, North Kargar Str.
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1439955991 +98 21 8801 5960 s-razeghi@tums.ac.ir Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) The age of the student was between 11 - 15 years old The student or his/her parents have satisfied with participating in the study The student or his/her parents have a cellphone with Android system 10 years 13 years Both The student does not have the ability to understand the questionnaire questions Parents or students do not want to participate in the study The student does not have access to a smartphone S02.5 Fracture of tooth Prevention Prevention The first intervention group: a package containing educational flash cards with color pictures regarding the prevention of dental injuries is prepared based on the latest evidence and scientific guidelines. This package has information for students in two parts: 1- Proper management of dental injuries after they occur, including soft tissue damage, crown fracture, tooth loss, dental avulsion, and alveolar bone fracture, and 2- Methods of preventing dental injuries in teenagers, including the use of mouth guard and its types. At baseline and after collecting filled-out questionnaires by participants, the educational flash cards will be distributed among participants in the flash card group. The flash cards will remain with the students. A month and a half after the flash cards distribution, a reminder will be sent again to the athletes as a reminder. Intervention group 2: An educational application on prevention of Traumatic Dental Injuries (TDIs) in Android operating system, will be designed based on on the latest evidence and scientific guidelines with similar content to the pamphlet. As same as flash cards, the application provides information for students in two parts: 1- proper TDIs' management after occurrence including soft tissue damage, crown fracture, tooth luxation, tooth avulsion, and alveolar bone damage, and 2- preventive measurements on TDIs in sports including mouth guard usage and different types of this appliance. At baseline, after collecting filled out questionnaire by participants, the link to access the application in Miket, the Iranian application market, will be sent to the students or thier parents via SMS. Students will be asked to contact one of the study researchers if they have problems in installing or using the app. A month and a half after sending the link, a notification designed in the app will be sent to students as a reminder . Changes in knowledge score gained by questionnaire. Timepoint: Measuring knowledge score at the baseline (before intervention) and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Based on scores obtained from knowledge questions in the standardized questionnaire for assessing athletes' knowledge about traumatic dental injuries. Changes in self-reported practice score gained by questionnaire. Timepoint: Measuring self-reported practice score at the baseline (before intervention) and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Based on scores obtained from self-reported practice questions in the standardized questionnaire for assessing athletes' self-reported practice about traumatic dental injuries. Tehran University of Medical Sciences Approved 2022-05-28 Research Ethics Committees of School of Dentistry- Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, North Kargar Street Tehran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)