An oral health education video game for high caries risk children: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Aljafari, Ahmad ^a   Rice, Colm ^b   Gallagher, Jennifer Elizabeth ^a   Hosey, Marie Therese ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS WESTERN ISLES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Oral health education; Randomized controlled trial; Serious games

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY INTAKE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; VIDEO GAME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84930624840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0754-6     Document Type: Article

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