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| Universidad de La Frontera | OTHER |
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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a mobile app with educational videos and serious games is more effective than a video-only version of the app to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices about oral cancer and oral hygiene in older adults.
The study also aims to evaluate the usability of the app and the impact of the intervention on performing oral self-examination.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Participants will:
Be adults aged 60 and more receiving care at the Dental Clinic of the University of Chile
Be randomly assigned to use one of two versions of the same app:
Use the app for 4 weeks
Answer a questionnaire before starting, after 2 weeks, and after 4 weeks
Perform an oral self-examination at week 4, which will be evaluated using a checklist
This trial will help determine whether mobile tele-education tools, especially those that include interactive features like serious games, are effective and acceptable ways to improve oral health education in older adults.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Serious Games Group | Experimental | Participants receive an oral health mobile application with educational videos and serious games designed to improve knowledge and self-examination practices. |
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| Video-Only Group | Active Comparator | Participants receive an oral health mobile application with educational videos only, without interactive components. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Mobile Oral Health Education App | Behavioral | This intervention consists of a mobile application designed to improve oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices among older adults. The app includes educational videos about oral hygiene and oral cancer. In the experimental group, the app also incorporates interactive serious games to reinforce learning and promote oral self-examination. In the active comparator group, participants have access only to the educational videos within the same app. The intervention targets individuals aged 60 to 70 years and is evaluated over a 4-week period through questionnaires and observation of oral self-examination practices. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in knowledge, attitudes about oral cancer and oral hygiene, and performance of oral self-examination in older adults using a mobile educational application. | increasing participants' knowledge and attitudes regarding oral cancer and oral hygiene, as well as their ability to perform oral self-examination. Knowledge and attitudes are measured using a structured questionnaire administered at baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks. Oral self-examination practices are evaluated at 4 weeks using a standardized checklist verifying the correct performance of five key steps. Comparisons are made between the group using videos and serious games and the group using videos only. | Baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after the start of the intervention. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Usability of the mobile oral health education application | Evaluates participant use and engagement with the mobile app by analyzing interaction logs recorded within the app over the 4-week intervention period. Usage data are compared between the group using videos plus serious games and the group using videos only. | 4 weeks |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Iris Lucia Espinoza-Santander, PhD in Public Health | Departament of Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile | Principal Investigator |
| Constanza Beatriz Morales-Gómez, Master's Degree in Science | Departament of Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Dental Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile | Santiago | Chile |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009062 | Mouth Neoplasms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D006258 | Head and Neck Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009059 | Mouth Diseases |
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| D009057 |
| Stomatognathic Diseases |