Effect of Health Diary on Self-management in Adolescent Patients With Fixed Orthodontic Appliance
Effect of Health Diary on Self-management in Adolescent Patients With Orthodontic Fixed Appliance: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Wei XIA, PhD
140 participants
Jun 1, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study aims to use two-arm randomized clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of the health diary in helping adolescents wearing fixed orthodontic appliances improve their oral hygiene status, self-management skills, oral health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, intention，number of breakages, and on-time and return visit status.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Patients with malocclusion eligible for fixed appliance orthodontic treatment;
- The age of patients ranged from 12 to 18 years;
- The patients received orthodontic treatment for the first time;
- The patient was alert and had no cognitive or psychiatric impairment;
- The patient was able to read and fill out the questionnaires, and had good listening, speaking and understanding skills in Chinese.
Exclusion Criteria3
- The patient's disease was diagnosed as jaw deformity associated with other diseases. Malocclusion secondary to trauma, tumor, cleft lip and palate;
- Patients treated with orthodontic-orthognathic surgery;
- The patient currently participating in other oral related intervention studies.
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Interventions
The health diary is constructed based on the theory of health action process approach, which is used to plan and clock for self-management behaviors of adolescent patients during fixed orthodontic treatment.
Traditional health education is that the nurse orally teaches the patient about fixed orthodontic knowledge, and the patient obtains a paper information.
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NCT06461611