Determine the effectiveness of message framing on oral health among students
Design
A randomized trial with a control group, education based, parallel group, and without blinding. Randomisation was computerised with concealed randomisation sequence.
Settings and conduct
Faculties of Shahid Beheshti University, without blinding.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: having consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria: not fulfill the study questionnaire
Intervention groups
Intervention groups: Gain-framed and loss-framed
Main outcome variables
Oral health behavior
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20111119008132N6
Registration date:2018-02-18, 1396/11/29
Registration timing:retrospective
Last update:2018-02-18, 1396/11/29
Update count:0
Registration date
2018-02-18, 1396/11/29
Registrant information
Name
Leila Jahangiry
Name of organization / entity
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 914 307 0128
Email address
jahangiry@razi.tums.ac.ir
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2014-04-21, 1393/02/01
Expected recruitment end date
2014-07-06, 1393/04/15
Actual recruitment start date
2014-04-21, 1393/02/01
Actual recruitment end date
2014-07-06, 1393/04/15
Trial completion date
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Scientific title
A randomized trial to assess the effectiveness of message framing on oral health-related behaviors among students
Public title
Message framing
Purpose
Health service research
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Having consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria:
not fulfill the study questionnaire
Age
No age limit
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
180
Actual sample size reached:
230
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
In this study, units of the study was randomly selected from faculties in Shahid Beheshti university of Medical Sciences including Health, Nursing and Paramedical Faculties. Then, randomly sampling was conducted among Bachelor students in each faculty. allocation concealment was done by an independent researcher.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Street address
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Velenjak Avenu, Tehran, Iran.
City
Tehran
Province
Tehran
Postal code
1985717443
Approval date
2014-04-09, 1393/01/20
Ethics committee reference number
IR.SBMU.PHNS.REC.1395.15
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Oral Health
ICD-10 code
K08.54
ICD-10 code description
Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral health
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Oral Health Behavior
Timepoint
Before intervention, and 2 weeks after intervention
Method of measurement
Oral Health questionnaire
Secondary outcomes
1
Description
Knowledge related to oral Health
Timepoint
Before intervention, and 2 weeks after intervention
Method of measurement
Oral Health questionnaire
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention group: Gain-framed: intervention groups received the same message in content but different in message framing. The gain-framed intervention group was educated with the gain-framed message on oral health and gain-framed picture that showed the advantages of brushing and flossing the teeth (one educational session during 30 minutes) and the questionnaire was fulfilled two weeks after the intervention .
Category
Behavior
2
Description
Intervention group: Loss-framed: intervention groups received the same message in content but different in message framing. The loss-framed intervention group was educated with the loss-framed message on oral health and loss-framed picture that showed the consequences of not brushing and not flossing the teeth (one educational session during 30 minutes) and the questionnaire was fulfilled two weeks after the intervention .
Category
Behavior
3
Description
Control group: Comparison group
Category
Behavior
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Faculties of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Ali Ramazankhani
Street address
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Velenjak Avenu, Tehran, Iran.
City
Tehran
Province
Tehran
Postal code
1985717443
Phone
+98 21 23871
Email
jahangiry@razi.tums.ac.ir
Web page address
http://ph.sbmu.ac.ir/
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Vice chancellor for research of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Dr.Yadollah Mehrabi
Street address
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Velenjak Avenu, Tehran, Iran.
City
Tehran
Province
Tehran
Postal code
1985717443
Phone
+98 21 2243 2040
Email
jahangiry@razi.tums.ac.ir
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Vice chancellor for research of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
Public
Domestic or foreign origin
Domestic
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
Academic
Person responsible for general inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Neda Naeimavi
Position
student
Latest degree
Master
Other areas of specialty/work
Public Health
Street address
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Velenjak Avenu, Tehran, Iran.
City
Tehran
Province
Tehran
Postal code
1985717443
Phone
+98 21 2243 2040
Email
jahangiry@razi.tums.ac.ir
Web page address
http://ph.sbmu.ac.ir/
Person responsible for scientific inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Neda Naeimavi
Position
student
Latest degree
Master
Other areas of specialty/work
Public Health
Street address
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Velenjak Avenu, Tehran, Iran
City
Tehran
Province
Tehran
Postal code
1985717443
Phone
+98 21 2243 2040
Email
Jahangiry@razi.tums.ac.ir
Web page address
http://ph.sbmu.ac.ir/
Person responsible for updating data
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Leila Jahangiry
Position
Professor
Latest degree
Ph.D.
Other areas of specialty/work
Public Health/Community Medicine
Street address
Azadi Street
City
Tabriz
Province
East Azarbaijan
Postal code
5165665931
Phone
+98 41 3335 7582
Email
jahangiry@razi.tums.ac.ir
Web page address
http://healthfac.tbzmed.ac.ir/
Sharing plan
Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Study Protocol
No - There is not a plan to make this available
Statistical Analysis Plan
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Informed Consent Form
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Clinical Study Report
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Analytic Code
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Data Dictionary
No - There is not a plan to make this available
Title and more details about the data/document
All data will be available.
When the data will become available and for how long
after publishing study article
To whom data/document is available
Based on reasonable request
Under which criteria data/document could be used
No els
From where data/document is obtainable
send email to study responsible
What processes are involved for a request to access data/document