Using mHealth to promote parents' brushing of preschool children's teeth: a protocol for a randomized factorial trial using the Multi-phase Optimization Strategy (MOST).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early childhood caries is a highly prevalent disease affecting young children. Parental brushing of children's teeth is recommended during preschool years. Interventions to promote parental brushing of children's teeth are assessed as a package in randomized clinical trials and the efficacy of separate components is not known.

Methods and analysis

The aim of this study is to develop an optimized behavior modification intervention to increase parents' brushing of their pre-school children's teeth using the multi-phase optimization strategy (MOST) guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior. Behavior change will be assessed by the percent reduction in children's dental plaque index after 6 months and parents reporting of toothbrushing frequency. Two phases of MOST will

SUBMITTER: Ihab M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733768 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature