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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/07/091613 [Registered on: 24/07/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 24/07/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Preventive
Dentistry
Behavioral 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   effect of game-based learning on oral health education among school children 
Scientific Title of Study   Impact of game-based learning on oral health education among school children: A randomized control trial 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Sri Sai Srinivas Patta 
Designation  MDS 
Affiliation  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences 
Address  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, Sanghivalasa, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh

Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH
531162
India 
Phone  9490106987  
Fax    
Email  ssssonu1011@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr L Vamsi Krishna Reddy 
Designation  Professor and Head of Department 
Affiliation  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences 
Address  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, Sanghivalasa, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh

Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH
531162
India 
Phone  9908200033  
Fax    
Email  principal.anids@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr L Vamsi Krishna Reddy 
Designation  Professor and Head of Department 
Affiliation  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences 
Address  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, Sanghivalasa, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh


ANDHRA PRADESH
531162
India 
Phone  9908200033  
Fax    
Email  principal.anids@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, sanghivalasa, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh-531162 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences sanghivalasa Visakhapatnam AndhraPradesh 
Address  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, Sanghivalasa, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh-531162 
Type of Sponsor  Private medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Sri Sai Srinivas Patta  Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences   Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, Sanghivalasa, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh-531162
Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9490106987

ssssonu1011@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional ethics committee- ANIDS  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  children with no oral health awareness 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  children before oral health education  children before participating in game-based oral health education 
Intervention  game-based oral health education  children after getting game based oral health education as intervention for 10 mins 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  6.00 Year(s)
Age To  8.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  healthy children who are willing to play game, which is based on oral health education 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  children with any mental illness
children who visited dentists previously 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
assessment of oral health education by using pre-tested and validated questionnaire  before and after the intervention with a time period of 30minutes 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="40"
Sample Size from India="40" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3/ Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   20/09/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="1"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary  

Introduction: The present study, the first of its kind, was done to compare the efficacy of conventional and game based (matching cards) learning on oral health status among 6 to 8-year-old children

AimThe Aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of game based oral health educational intervention

ObjectivesTo compare the efficacy of game based oral health educational intervention among school children by using self admisnistered questionnaire before and after intervention


 
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