Oral Health Education Logan Programme

The Effect of a Personalised Oral Health Education Programme on Clinical and Molecular Risk Factors for Oral and General Health in an At Risk Population

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000607673

Acronym

OHELP

Enrollment

900

Registered

2005-10-06

Start date

2003-01-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study will look at whether an oral health education programme delivered by allied oral health professionals will result in a significant improvement in oral health which in turn will lead to better oral and general health.

Interventions

The oral health promotion programme being tested will involve oral health therapists/hygienists providing an individualised oral health promotion programme, in addition to standard care, over 1-4 visits. This will include motivation enhancement, goal setting, problem solving, assertion skills, followed by monthly reporting on adherence until the 2 year examination.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with a minimum of 12 teeth and not requiring antibiotic cover for dental treatment will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results