Trial reportJournal of dental education2014
Randomized trial of two e-learning programs for oral health students on secondary prevention of eating disorders.
Trial report in Journal of dental education, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Motivation Theories and Constructs in Experimental Studies of Online Instruction: Systematic Review and Directed Content Analysis.JMIR medical education · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of computer-aided learning in oral health among patients and caregivers: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2017Pooled it
- Assessing a Continuing Education Course for Dental Hygienists to Improve HPV and HPV Vaccine Knowledge and Self-efficacy.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2025Article
- Eating disorders and oral health: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Real-life Evaluation of an Interactive Versus Noninteractive e-Learning Module on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for Medical Licentiate Students in Zambia: Web-Based, Mixed Methods Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR medical education · 2022Article
- Development of flash cards to teach about lesions in the jaws and maxillary sinuses.Oral radiology · 2021Article
- The effect of e-learning on the quality of orthodontic appliances.Advances in medical education and practice · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
14 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test whether an interactive, web-based training program is more effective than an existing, flat-text, e-learning program at improving oral health students' knowledge, motivation, and self-efficacy to address signs of disordered eating behaviors with patients. Eighteen oral health classes of dental and dental hygiene students were randomized to either the Intervention (interactive program; n=259) or Alternative (existing program; n=58) conditions. Hierarchical linear modeling assessed for posttest differences between groups while controlling for baseline measures. Improvement among Intervention participants was superior to those who completed the Alternative program for three of the six outcomes: benefits/barriers, self-efficacy, and skills-based knowledge (effect sizes ranging from 0.43 to 0.87). This study thus suggests that interactive training programs may be better than flat-text e-learning programs for improving the skills-based knowledge and self-efficacy necessary for behavior change.
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24385519PMC12203646W2186525930What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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