Effectiveness of edutainment use in video-based learning on oral health education for school-age children: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Entertainment platforms have become more popular among children since the COVID-19 outbreak. The entertainment designed for education; "edutainment" could be a promising learning tool on oral health education (OHE). This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of edutainment use for OHE in school-age children.

Methods

A total of 210 students (age range 9.2-10.8 years) were included. The three-arm parallel randomized controlled trial was conducted in three schools, receiving the same contents of OHE with different learning methods; classroom learning (CL), edutainment in video-based learning with and without repetition at a three-month follow-up (EVBL and EVBL-R). The knowledge, behavior, behavioral intention score, and oral health (OH) status; visble plaue (VPI)

SUBMITTER: Lekaram W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature