School Based Intervention Programme on Gingival Health of 10–12 Years Old Government Aided School Children of Basavangudi in Bangalore City – A Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Arunima Chauhan, Hemanth Kumar, S Sakthi Devi, Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat, Pratibha Mishra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Psychological intervention 030206 dentistry Oral hygiene Group B law.invention Test (assessment) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Post-hoc analysis Physical therapy Every Two Months Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 7:74 |
| ISSN: | 0976-5506 0976-0245 |
| Popis: | Objectives:To evaluate the effectiveness of a school based intervention program on gingival health of 10–12 year old government aided school children of Basavangudi in Bangalore city. Methods (Design):A 6 month randomized controlled trial was conducted on 264 subjects, aged 10–12 years to evaluate the effectiveness of school based intervention (oral health education) given in three different forms against a control group which received no intervention. These schools were randomly assigned as group A (control), Group B (class work), Group C (parental) and Group D (both classwork and parental). Intervention was given once every two months and their oral hygiene practices recorded by a questionnaire. The changes were recorded using Silness and Loe Plaque index and Loe and Silness Gingival index at pre and post intervention (2 months after the last intervention). Student's t test and one way ANOVA was used to compare the mean differences between pre and post intervention scores, followed by Post hoc test for within group differences. Results:Reduction observed in plaque and gingival scores following interventions were statistically significant (p |
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