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NCT07715773

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07715773
Lead Sponsor: University of BaghdadOTHER
Official Title: Efficacy of the Expanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention on Collegians' Adherence to Oral Health Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: This study aims to evaluation of collegians adherence to oral health behavers and to examine the efficacy of the Expanded Health Belief Model-based intervention in enhancing oral health behaviors among collegians.
Conditions: Oral Health Behavior Change
Interventions: Intervention Group

Status and Timeline

Status: Recruiting
Last Update Posted: Jul 21, 2026Actual
Start Date: Mar 24, 2026Actual
Primary Completion Date: Nov 1, 2026Estimated
Completion Date

Participation Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Yes
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: The study included

Male and female students aged 18-25 years.

Enrolled as undergraduate students.

Willing to participate and provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria: Students were excluded if they were

Students with orthodontic appliances or removable prostheses.

Recent comprehensive dental treatment.

Female students which are pregnant or lactating.

Recent contribution in another oral-health behavioral trial or structured oral-health program.

Study Plan

Study Type: Interventional
Phase: Not Applicable
Enrollment: 166Estimated
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)

Contacts and Locations

Central Contacts: Haider Younis Ablulrazaq, PhDContact
haidar.abd2406p@conursing.uobaghdad.edu.iq

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Participant Group/Arms

Intervention GroupExperimental

Awareness lectures will be presented to the intervention group about the oral health, based on the expanded health belief model.

Behavioral: Intervention Group

Control group.No Intervention

Participants in this arm will receive routine college based health education only. This includes general information about healthy lifestyle. No structured behavioral change program or stage-based intervention will be provided.