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A study on how Brief Action Planning can improve the oral health of adolescents

Effect of Brief Action Planning intervention on oral health behaviours of adolescents A randomised controlled study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/09/094530
Enrollment
122
Registered
2025-09-10
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: A00-B99- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Interventions

Intervention1: MI- BAP counselling approach: The participants in the intervention group (Group II) shall be given a 15 to 20 minute MI-BAP counselling where the participants shall be motivated to set

Sponsors

King George Medical University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Adolescents in the age group of 10 to 14 years. 2 Adolescents whose sugar consumption score is more than equal to 10 3 Adolescents whose Silness and Loe plaque scores between 1 and 2 4 Adolescents who have a moderate to high likelihood of caries development as determined using ICCMS International Caries Classification and management system 4 Adolescents who are able to read, write and understand in English or Hindi 5 Adolescents who are not diagnosed with behavioural disorders assessed using Child Behaviour Checklist

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Adolescents with any systemic conditions impacting oral health. 2 Adolescents who are un cooperative to OHRBS due to any reason. 3 Adolescents with any diagnosable psychiatric disorder. ? Adolescents with any intellectual disability in clinical assessment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Caries increment as assessed by 1 number of new carious lesions, 2 number of progressed lesions, 3 change in number of active/inactive lesions Timepoint: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Change in plaque scoreTimepoint: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months;Change in sweet scoreTimepoint: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months;Oral health confidence scoreTimepoint: 6 months;Correlation of caries increment plaque scores with sweet scores Oral health confidence scores & self reported OHRBTimepoint: 6 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Rajeev Kumar Singh

King George Medical University

richa.bahal@gmail.com09936038511

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026