Effectiveness of two visual-pedagogical methods for toothbrushing skills in autistic children: A randomized clinical trial.

Autor: Gharavi M; Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran., Salem K; Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran., Adabdokht R; Research Assistant, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Dentistry Chair, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada., Ghasemi M; Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry [Spec Care Dentist] 2024 Nov-Dec; Vol. 44 (6), pp. 1759-1769. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 12.
DOI: 10.1111/scd.13052
Abstrakt: Aim: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two visual pedagogy methods, video modeling and educational posters, on improving tooth-brushing autonomy in 10-12-year-old children with mild autism.
Methods: Sixty-four autistic children were randomly assigned to either the video or poster groups using the Rand function in Excel. Toothbrushing skills were divided into five stages: preparation, buccal, occlusal, lingual surfaces, and the end. These five stages comprised a total of 20 steps, with each step scored from 1 (not done at all) to 5 (done independently). The final score was calculated by averaging the scores of the five stages. The FONES method of toothbrushing was used for training. Follow-up assessments were conducted after 1 and 3 months. The data were analyzed using SPSS V26, including t-tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, and repeated-measures ANOVA.
Results: After 3 months, there were significant improvements in autonomy scores for both groups, with the video group showing greater benefits (4.37 ± 0.43) compared to the poster group (4.11 ± 0.49) (p = .03), with an effect size of η 2  = .07.
Conclusion: Both video and poster methods were effective in improving tooth-brushing skills, but video modeling was associated with a higher total autonomy score.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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