Application of Nudge Theory to Changes in Oral Health Behavior in the Over-65s

JRCT ID: jRCT1060230092

Registered date:19/01/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: none
• Date of first enrollment: 13/02/2024
• Target sample size: 20
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Intervention using nudge theory (EAST; Easy, Attractive, Social, Timely framework)
Monitor images and booklets will be used to provide information utilizing nudge theory.
The monitor images will be shown as a slide show of the booklet contents using the monitor attached to the outpatient chair.
Easy: The monitor and the contents of the booklet are briefly summarized to reduce the amount of information and make it easier to read.
Attractive: The size and color of the text on the monitor and in the booklet are emphasized to make it more eye-catching. Attractive: Emphasize the size and color of the text on the monitor and in the booklet to make it easy to read.
Social: Emphasize the message that "all people with good periodontal health have good oral health behaviors.
Timely: Have them read the booklet after the consultation and check it while waiting for the bill or during transportation. Have them check it when they brush their teeth at home.
*Oral health behavior (what will be described in the monitor and booklet and what they actually do)
About the frequency of daily tooth brushing": Effectiveness against periodontal disease of brushing the toothbrush three times a day.
How to brush your teeth": how to use a toothbrush and how many times to brush per tooth.
Interdental cleaning: Appropriate interdental brushing methods
The control group did not receive any intervention using the nudge theory, but only TBI by the surgeon.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Number of times to brush teeth a day

Secondary Outcome

Interdental brush and dental floss use in a day
Snacking habits
Subjective oral symptoms

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 65age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: Patients who are able to obtain written consent to participate in this research of their own free will after receiving a full explanation of the study and with sufficient understanding,age 65 or older at the time consent is obtained,all outpatients in the Department of Dentistry and Preventive Dentistry at Okayama University Hospital who brush their teeth once or twice a day at the pre-intervention time point
• Exclude criteria: Persons with disabilities such as paralysis of the hands due to disease,those who answered the questionnaire incompletely, persons with significant reduction in cognitive function,those who have not received and will not receive regular guidance from a dietician,those without obvious liver dysfunction or diabetes mellitus,Other patients who are deemed inappropriate as research subjects by the principal investigator or research assistants

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Ekuni Daisuke