None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a study to explore the impact of two pamphlets with gain-framed and loss-framed messages on brushing and flossing attitudes, intentions , behaviors and clinical characteristics among a sample of adolescent students.
Interventions
The adolescents will randomly assign to two groups: gain-framed message and loss- framed message. Each group of adolescences will read the respective pamphlets. The gain-framed pamphlet contains six positive messages with three related full-color images(6.1 X 4.5). Similarly the loss-framed pamphlet contains six negative messages with threerelated full-color images (6.1 X 4.5). The gain-framed pamphlet, entitled The Benefits of good oral hygiene", emphasizes the benefits of brushing, and flossin
The adolescents will randomly assign to two groups: gain-framed message and loss- framed message. Each group of adolescences will read the respective pamphlets. The gain-framed pamphlet contains six positive messages with three related full-color images(6.1 X 4.5). Similarly the loss-framed pamphlet contains six negative messages with threerelated full-color images (6.1 X 4.5). The gain-framed pamphlet, entitled The Benefits of good oral hygiene", emphasizes the benefits of brushing, and flossing, whereas the loss-framed pamphlet, entitled The disadvantages of poor oral hygiene, emphasizes the costs of not brushing and flossing. the adolescents only read the pamphlets once and are then followed up later.
Sponsors
Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
14 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
They are not involved in the oral health education Ability to understand Persian language Adolescents attending high schools in Qazvin
Exclusion criteria
They are involved in the oral health education Inability to understand Persian language
Outcome results
None listed