Open AccessShort Term Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Health Knowledge and Plaque Levels among 11-12 Year Old School Going Children in Eldoret Municipality- Kenya: Cluster Randomized Interventional Study
Author(s) -
Mwikali,
K Evangeline,
Kenneth. A Okemwa,
Peter K Koskei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of innovative science and research technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-2165
DOI - 10.38124/ijisrt20jun304
Subject(s) - medicine , cluster randomised controlled trial , randomized controlled trial , data collection , cluster (spacecraft) , toothpaste , intervention (counseling) , oral health , family medicine , dentistry , nursing , surgery , statistics , mathematics , computer science , programming language
This was a cluster randomized controlled intervention study. Thirty four schools in the study area were randomly allocated to control or interventional clusters. Data on OHK was collected at the start and the end of the study period using interviewer-administered questionnaires. Similarly dental Plaque levels were scored at the start and end of the study period using the Green and Vermillion plaque index. After the collection of baseline data all the students were supplied with toothbrushes and toothpaste. The intervention group was then taken through four sessions of OHE before the final collection of data.