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dc.contributor.authorScheerman, Janneke Francisca Maria
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Kyra
dc.contributor.authorSharif, Mohammad Owaise
dc.contributor.authorLindmark, Ulrika
dc.contributor.authorPakpour, Amir H
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-26T23:49:45Z
dc.date.available2019-11-26T23:49:45Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0887-0446
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08870446.2019.1673895
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/389307
dc.description.abstractObjective: Based on the Health Action Process Approach, we tested the efficacy of a theory-based program using an online social media platform (Telegram) to promote good oral hygiene behaviour among Iranian adolescents. Design: A three-arm randomized-controlled trial design was used, consisting of an adolescent only intervention group (A group; n = 253), an adolescent and mother intervention group (A + M group; n = 260), and a control group (n = 278). Main outcome measures: Psychosocial variables, toothbrushing behaviour, Visual Plaque Index, and Community Periodontal Index. Results: Increases in adolescent toothbrushing at the one- and six-month follow-ups in both intervention groups compared to the control group were observed. Adolescents in the A + M group showed significant greater improvements in their toothbrushing behaviour, Visual Plaque Index, and Community Periodontal Index scores than adolescents in the A group. Improvements to toothbrushing social cognitions were also observed. Conclusions: Current results support the use of the theory-based program delivered by Telegram in improving good oral hygiene behaviour and oral health outcomes among Iranian adolescents. Involving mothers in an intervention can confer additional benefits for adolescent oral health.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychology & Health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywords2-YEAR
dc.subject.keywordsPLAQUE
dc.subject.keywordsCARE
dc.subject.keywordsAPP
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.titleA theory-based intervention delivered by an online social media platform to promote oral health among Iranian adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationScheerman, JFM; Hamilton, K; Sharif, MO; Lindmark, U; Pakpour, AH, A theory-based intervention delivered by an online social media platform to promote oral health among Iranian adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial, Psychology & Health, 2019
dc.date.updated2019-11-14T00:23:18Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version
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gro.griffith.authorHamilton, Kyra


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