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NCT05860829Completed

Effect of Nutrition and Oral Hygiene Education Using Telehealth on Diet Diversity, Nutrition Literacy and Oral Hygiene Practices in Children With Autism: A Mixed-method Study

Effect of Nutrition and Oral Hygiene Education Using Telehealth on Diet Diversity, Nutrition Literacy and Oral Hygiene Practices in Children With Autism: A Mixed-method Stud

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 May 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this interventional study is to assess the knowledge of caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) regarding oral and nutritional health and the burdens they encounter in dealing and caring for these children. The main aims to answer are: Educating caregivers on * Diet diversities * Improving oral health habits Participants will have to * Fill questionnaires * Undergo educational sessions * Fill post education questionnaires Researchers will compare pre and post educational questionnaires to see if the intervention makes a difference.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
123 (actual)
First submitted
6 May 2023
Start date
23 May 2023
Primary completion date
3 Aug 2024
Lead sponsor
Dow University of Health Sciences
Diseases
Autism
NCT number
NCT05860829

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 123
  • From 23 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 3 Aug 2024
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Caregiver of child with Autism living with any known food allergies.
  • Caregiver of child with Autism and any other mental disorders.

Other

  • Caregiver of child with Autism enrolled in any other trial.

Who the study is looking for

  • Caregivers of Children (5-18 years) with Autism enrolled in Autistic or specialized Schools.
  • Caregivers able to communicate in English or Urdu or Sindhi.
  • Caregiver of one child with Autism.
  • Caregivers with smartphone/laptop/IPhone and internet facility.

Age in the registry: 5 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Markaz e Umeed
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
KarachiPakistanUnknown status
Effort Welfare Trust
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
KarachiPakistanUnknown status

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