None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an intervention to enhance sense of coherence and oral health related quality of life and explore determinants of oral health related quality of life in children. Main hypotheses 1. The school-based intervention increases sense of coherence 2. The intervention to enhance sense of coherence improves oral health related quality of life
Interventions
Intervention to improve oral health related quality of life via enhancing sense of coherence which is a psychological or individual factor. The intervention consists of seven 40-60 minute sessions over two months, focusing on child participation and empowerment. The first four sessions are classroom activities and include a mixture of didactic teaching, discussion, activities and games. The last three involve working on healthy school projects Children were encouraged and empowered to do the pro
Intervention to improve oral health related quality of life via enhancing sense of coherence which is a psychological or individual factor. The intervention consists of seven 40-60 minute sessions over two months, focusing on child participation and empowerment. The first four sessions are classroom activities and include a mixture of didactic teaching, discussion, activities and games. The last three involve working on healthy school projects Children were encouraged and empowered to do the projects by brainstorming, discussing, planning, implementation and evaluation. The activities in the projects included suggesting to other students to choose healthy food, teaching others to brush their teeth effectively, cooperating with teachers to run a tuck shop to provide healthy food. These projects involved the whole school. The intervention was delivered by trained teachers who received an intensive one day course run by the researcher
Sponsors
Royal Thai government, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand via a doctoral studentship to Orawan Nammontri
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
For schools, each primary school was located in a suburban area in Khonkaen and had 200-300 students in total, including 20-30 children in Grade 5. For participants, children in Grade 5 who attended the primary schools.
Exclusion criteria
1. Children whose parents did not provide consent to participate in the study 2. Children who did not have the ability to complete the questionnaires 3. Children who had medical and cognitive problems 4. Children who declined to take part
Outcome results
None listed