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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/05/025077 [Registered on: 08/05/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 07/10/2020
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Dentistry 
Study Design  Non-randomized, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Efficacy of oral health education among deaf and dumb children ( verbal and sign language based)- An interventional study 
Scientific Title of Study   Effectiveness of verbal based and non-verbal based oral health education on self perceived oral health status and oral hygiene among children with hearing and expressive language disorder - An interventional study 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Aarthy c s 
Designation  Post graduate student 
Affiliation  Ragas Dental College & Hospital 
Address  532 school south street krishnapuram kadayanallur
Department of Public Health Dentistry.
Tirunelveli
TAMIL NADU
627759
India 
Phone  7418216834  
Fax    
Email  aarthycharms@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr PDMadan kumar 
Designation  Head of the Department 
Affiliation  Ragas Dental College & Hospital 
Address  Department of Public Health Dentistry Ragas Dental College and Hospital.
Department of Public Health Dentistry
Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600119
India 
Phone  7418216834  
Fax    
Email  madankumar21@yahoo.co.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Aarthy c s 
Designation  Post graduate student 
Affiliation  Ragas Dental College & Hospital 
Address  Department of Public Health Dentistry
Department of Public Health Dentistry
Tirunelveli
TAMIL NADU
627759
India 
Phone  7418216834  
Fax    
Email  aarthycharms@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
St.Louis institute for deaf and blind school.Adayar 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Ragas Dental College and Hospital 
Address  2/102,SH 49,uthandi chennai-600119 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
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 
BotherJohn Xavier  St.Louis blind and deaf and dumb school  deaf and dumb children(Department) No.5,canal road , Adyar
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
044-24910886

aarthycharms@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ragas Dental College & Hospital  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: H913||Deaf nonspeaking, not elsewhere classified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Oral health education  30 children will be recruite from a tertiary care center , who were diagnosed with hearing and expressive language disorder . For 15 children we will give to oral health education by sign language method . For another 15 children we will give to oral health education by verbal based method. Interventions(oral health education models). 
Intervention  oral health education.  oral health education will give by using oral health education models to children. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  10.00 Year(s)
Age To  15.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Children diagnosed with hearing impaired using pure-tone air-conduction hearing thresholds.
2. Children diagnosed with expressive language disorder by speech language therapist.
3. Children within the age group of 10-15 years
4. Children whose parents give consent to participate in the study.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Children with age below 10 years
2. Children whose parents did not give consent to participate in the study.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence    
Method of Concealment    
Blinding/Masking    
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Oral Health Status  Base line, 3 Months 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Plaque and Gingival index  Base line, 3 months 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="30"
Sample Size from India="30" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="0" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 1 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   11/05/2020 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="3"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   I have one publication regarding Association between developmental defects of enamel and Intellectual disability 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary  

                                  30 children will be recruite from a tertiary care center , who were diagnosed with hearing and expressive language disorder .Base line assessment of oral health status will record using OHI-S(Johnc C Greene, 1964) and PLAQUE indices (Quignley Hein modification of Loe and Silness ,1970). Self perception about oral health will be assessed using a  easy to use and low cost questionnaire along with demographic details( Walda Viana Brígido de Moura).  NonVerbal ( Sign language provide by a trained speech therapist at the center) and verbal (using hearing  aid) based oral health education will give to children. Post evaluation of self perception about oral health , OHIS and PLAQUE scores will record after 3 months.

 
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