None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Dr Mitusmita Kalita
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a) Children between 36-72 months of age. b) Children having Early childhood caries (ECC). c) Preschool children whose parents had given consent for participation in the study for their child. d) Children with cooperative behaviour ranking 3 & 4 in the Frankel behaviour rating scale. e) Children whose parents are residing in Lucknow for three generations.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a) Children who are non-cooperative during the procedure. b) More than one child per family. c) Children with any congenital illness, mental illness, developmental anomalies of teeth, oral infection and lesion, acute tonsillitis and any other systemic diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Information gathered from this study may help in serving as a base for the planning and assessment together with the execution of oral health promotional programs at a community level. Since the potential to increase knowledge of ECC is high because of various initiatives taking place in the society, emphasizing prolonged behavioral changes among parents would be our ultimate goal.Timepoint: at baseline | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To find out the parental risk factors of ECC, b) To find out the relationship between the prevalence & parental risk indicators. c) To find out the parent’s socio-economic status (SES) associated with the prevalence of ECC. d) To find out the parent’s oral health knowledge associated with the prevalence of ECC. e) To find out the parent’s oral health behaviour & dietary habits associated with the prevalence of ECC. f) To find out the parental stress associated with the prevalence of ECC. g) To find out the dental anxiety associated with the prevalence of ECC. h) To find out the sense of coherence (SOC) associated with the prevalence of ECC. Timepoint: at baseline | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Mitusmita Kalita
Sardar Patel Postgraduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed