Why video health education messages should be considered for all dental waiting rooms

Michelle McNab and Tony Skapetis

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-11

Abstract: Objective: Video is an effective, accessible, and low cost method of delivering health education messages to a wide audience. Dental waiting rooms provide an opportunity to deliver video oral health education interventions to receptive viewers. In this study we aim to evaluate firstly video oral health education in regards to patient preference, and secondly its ability to change both immediate and sustained self-reported intended health behaviours by patients. Method: Data from 253 individuals from a public hospital dental waiting room were gathered using a previously validated survey following an oral health education video intervention, and analysed using descriptive analysis, Fischer’s Exact Test, and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test across 3 time intervals. Results: Participants across all ages evaluated the video oral health education approach as easy to follow and understand (p

Date: 2019
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