Trial reportMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2015
Long-Term Effects of School-Based Oral Health Program on Oral Health Knowledge and Practices and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life.
Trial report in Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05570500 (Comparing the Effect of the Online Oral Health Education to the Conventional Method on the Knowledge and Practice of Personal Oral Hygiene in a Group of Primary School Children in Egypt. A Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Comparing the Effect of the Online Oral Health Education to the Conventional Method on the Knowledge and Practice of Personal Oral Hygiene in a Group of Primary School Children in Egypt. A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of a School-Based Oral Health Promotion Program on Dental Caries Among Iraqi School Children: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.International dental journal · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of edutainment use in video-based learning on oral health education for school-age children: a randomized clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- The association of socio-economic status, dental anxiety, and behavioral and clinical variables with adolescents' oral health-related quality of life.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- Resin infiltration and oral health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: a narrative review.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Review
- Impact of oral health on quality of life among Tibetan adolescents in Suoxian County: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Perceptions of Oral Health and Quality of Life among Parents in Kuwait.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2023Article
- The Impact of Dental Care Programs on Individuals and Their Families: A Scoping Review.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Oral hygiene practices and their sociodemographic correlates among adults in Burkina Faso: results from the First National Survey.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Effect of Primary Molar Caries on Caries Development in the Adjacent Permanent First Molars.Frontiers in dentistry · 2021Article
- Clinical Evaluation of the Retention of Resin and Glass Ionomer Sealants Applied as a Part of School-Based Caries Prevention Program.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Impact evaluation of a school-based oral health program: Kuwait National Program.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- Orthodontically Relevant Manifestations in People with Rare Diseases.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effects of exposure to the School Oral Health Program (SOHP) during primary school years on the current oral health (OH) knowledge and practices and OH-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of Kuwait University students. SUBJECTS AND
methods300 university students, aged 17.6-24.3 years, completed a validated questionnaire that consisted of 5 sections about demographics, health self-evaluation, OH knowledge and practices and OHRQoL. Of these students, 260 were female, 40 male, 262 single and 38 married. 189 participants had attended the SOHP, while 111 had not. Frequencies and means were used for data description. The Student t test was used to compare the means, while χ(2) analysis was used for the associations between SOHP and non-SOHP attendance. The odds ratios (ORs) were calculated for significant factors.
resultsThe SOHP attendees were twice as aware of the relationship between gum problems and heart diseases than the non-SOHP (OR = 2, 95% CI = 1.15-3.48, p = 0.013). The daily activities of the non-SOHP attendees were twice as likely to be affected by dental health issues compared to those of the SOHP attendees (OR = 2.28, 95% CI = 1.41-3.68, p < 0.001). In addition, the SOHP attendees were 3 times as likely to describe their OH status as good/very good/excellent than the non-SOHP attendees (OR = 2.85, 95% CI = 1.31-6.18, p = 0.008).
conclusionsThe SOHP attendees had a better OHRQoL and overall self-satisfaction with their OH than the non-SOHP attendees with insignificant differences between the 2 groups in OH knowledge and practices.
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