Trial reportBMC oral health2020
Effectiveness of oral health promotion program for persons with severe mental illness: a cluster randomized controlled study.
Trial report in BMC oral health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04464941 (Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of people living with mental illness: a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of virtual reality-based toothbrushing instruction on oral health outcomes: A randomized controlled trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Trial
- Oral Health Intervention Strategies for Self-Caring Adults With Disabilities: A Systematic Review.International journal of dentistry · 2026Review
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- Caregiver burden, attachment and cognitive emotion among the family caregivers of severe mental illness patients.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Investigating the Relationship between Oral Health and Severe Mental Illness: Analysis of NHANES 1999-2016.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Oral health education strategies for patients living with cardiovascular disease within hospital settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of oral health education programs among patients with schizophrenia in India: An interventional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Patients' views on health promotion and disease prevention services provided by healthcare workers in a South African tertiary hospital.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Risk factors and oral health-related quality of life: A case-control comparison between patients after a first-episode psychosis and people from general population.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2022Article
- Exploring the contextual factors, behaviour change techniques, barriers and facilitators of interventions to improve oral health in people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Oral Health Interventions in Patients with a Mental Health Disorder: A Scoping Review with Critical Appraisal of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a composite oral health promotion program designed to reduce dental plaque among persons with severe mental illness in a psychiatric institution.
methodsA cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment. Each participant responded to a questionnaire regarding oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after the experiment.
resultsFifty-eight individuals completed the study. Before the experiment, the plaque index was similar between the intervention group (68.9; N = 27) and the control group (69.8; N = 31). After the experiment, the plaque index was significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group (42.6 vs. 61.8; P < 0.001). Participants in the intervention group also demonstrated better oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior than those in the control group after the experiment.
conclusionsA composite oral health promotion program using both group education and individual behavioral methods over a 12-week period was effective in both reducing dental plaque and improving the oral health knowledge of persons with severe mental illness in the institution.
trial registrationThis study was retrospectively registered in Clinicaltrials.gov, with number NCT04464941, dated 7/7/2020. https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/RD103035018 .
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