Oral health education is helpful in basic health services and screening. Therefore, it is important to select the most effective educational strategy for transferring knowledge and health skills. Regarding the potential of teach Back method to change the behavior, the current study was conducted aimed to investigate the effect of this educational method on oral health indicators, self-efficacy and self-care behaviors.
This quasi-experimental study was conducted on female high school students in 2019. 70 students were randomly selected and then randomly allocated into two groups of intervention and control. In the intervention group, educational program was presented in 4 sessions of individual education based on feedback method... Data were collected in two phases using demographic information form, self-care behaviors questionnaire, self-efficacy scale for oral health behavior, PBI index for assessment of Papillary Bleeding Index and Quigely Hein index for dental plaque. Data were analyzed through using descriptive and analytic statistic such as Independent–t test and paired t-test in SPSS 22.
There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of demographic variables Comparison the mean score of dental plaque and Papillary Bleeding showed the significant difference between the two groups (P<0.001) Paired t-test showed that in the intervention group, dental indicators was significantly improved and in control group score of Papillary Bleeding (P=0.002) and dental plaque (P<0.001) was significantly increased. Mean scores of total self-care behaviors (P<0.001) and self-efficacy (P=0.00) was significantly increased after the intervention in intervention group
Teach Back method was effective in improving students' oral health, self-care, and self-efficacy indices. Teach Back method improve students' self-care and promote self-efficacy and oral health indicators. It is recommended to apply this model as a community-based approach to improve the self-care behaviors and oral health indicators.
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