Development and evaluation of a gamified smart phone mobile health application for oral health promotion in early childhood: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to design a gamified smartphone application (app) and assess its efficacy for education of mothers regarding oral healthcare of their children.

Methods

In this pretest-posttest controlled clinical trial, a simple app and a gamified version of it were designed to enhance the oral health knowledge and practice of mothers. The app contains information about early childhood caries, health diet, sugars, baby-oral hygiene, fluoride effect, fluoride toothpaste, tooth-brushing training video and regular dental visits. The opinion of experts and 3 mothers were obtained and both apps were revised accordingly. The intervention was implemented on mothers of preschoolers referring to the specialty dental clinic of Tehran School of Dentistry in 2019. The mother

SUBMITTER: Zolfaghari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature