Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Trial website
Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Jan E. Clarkson
ORCID ID
Contact details
Dental Health Services Research Unit
Dundee Dental Hospital and School
Park Place
Dundee
DD1 4HR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1382 425751
j.e.clarkson@dundee.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
VT02
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. To investigate the effect of enhanced oral health advice upon self-reported patient behaviour, oral cleanliness, and gingival health
2. To evaluate the educational experience for trainees participating in a randomised controlled trial
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Periodontology
Intervention
Patients were randomly allocated to receive either the usual advice or enhanced advice with oral health literature.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
31/12/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Persons attending general dental practitioners surgeries for routine treatment
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
219
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
31/12/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Dental Health Services Research Unit
Dundee
DD1 4HR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Dental and Medical Education (UK)
Sponsor details
Dundee Dental Hospital and School
Park Place
Dundee
DD1 4HR
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Education Scotland (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Dental and Medical Education (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Scottish Executive Chief Scientist's Office (CSO) (UK) - via the Dental Health Services Research Unit
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. Results in http://www.dundee.ac.uk/tuith/Articles/rt07.htm