effect of two educational interventions regarding the management of traumatic dental injuries on mothers of 8-year-old children

Objectives: this study evaluated the effect of two educational interventions on knowledge and self-reported practice of mothers of 8-year-old children regarding emergency management of traumatic dental injuries (tdis). materials and methods: six public elementary schools (girls and boys) in tehran were randomly selected. the mothers of 8-year-old students at each school were randomly assigned to three groups: intervention by poster, intervention by pamphlet, and control. an anonymous valid and reliable questionnaire, including demographics, previous experience on tdis, mothers’ knowledge, and self-reported practice about emergency management of tdis was provided to the mothers. after collecting the questionnaires, educational interventions by poster and pamphlet with similar contents regarding step-by-step emergency management of tdis were performed for the target groups. three months after the interventions, the same questionnaire was completed by the mothers. the results of pre-test and post-test were compared. results: totally, 201 mothers participated in this study. the mean knowledge score significantly increased in the pamphlet group (p<0.05) after the intervention, while this change was not significant in the poster and control groups (p>0.05). the mean knowledge score was significantly higher in the pamphlet than the poster group (p=0.009). the mean self-reported practice score significantly increased after the intervention in both intervention groups (p<0.05) but not in the control group. there was no significant difference in the mean self-reported practice score between the two intervention groups (p>0.05). conclusion: both pamphlet and poster were equally effective in improving the self-reported practice of mothers regarding tdis, which highlights the significance of educating mothers.