Comparing the effect of online oral health education to conventional method on knowledge and practice of personal oral hygiene in a group of primary school children in Egypt. A randomized controlled trial | ||||
| Ain Shams Dental Journal | ||||
| Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2025, Page 484-496 PDF (1.27 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Consort randomized clinical trials (RCT) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asdj.2024.312977.1448 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Omar Alaa   1; Amira Saad Badran 2; Nagwa Mohammed Ali Khattab 3
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| 1Pediatric and dental public health department, faculty of dentistry, Ain-shams university. | ||||
| 2Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Departement, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aim: This study aimed to compare the effect of online oral health education (OHE) to the face-to-face OHE method on oral health knowledge and oral hygiene self-reported practice of school children. Materials and methods: Using a randomized controlled trial design, 624 students from two national private schools in Egypt were included in the study. They were equally allocated to both study groups. The first group received online oral health education and the second group received face-to-face oral health education sessions and data was collected using a validated modified questionnaire. Knowledge and practice levels were scored and compared on pre- and post-intervention levels. Categorical data was analyzed using Chi-square test, while ordinal data was analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Face-to-face oral health sessions showed statistically significant improved results regarding the knowledge and practice levels of primary school children in comparison to the online oral health education session. The regression analysis model showed that participants receiving online oral health education had significantly higher odds of having insufficient knowledge in comparison to the face-to-face method (p<0.001), regardless of gender and school stage (p>0.05). Conclusion: Face-to-face oral health education is a more effective method in improving oral health knowledge and practice in comparison to the Online method, which calls for further exploration of online health education methods. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Keywords: Oral health; Oral health education; Primary school children; E-health | ||||
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