Self Medication in Odontology (AUDE)

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety; Dental Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT04949126
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Brief Summary

To describe and understand the self-medication behaviours of a population of adults coming to the Clermont-Ferrand dentistry department for acute pain of pulpal origin and of a population of adults coming to the specific care unit of the Clermont-Ferrand dentistry department or the Riom hospital for treatment under general anaesthesia.

Detailed Description

Self-medication behaviour will be studied by means of a questionnaire. Questionnaires on insecurity, anxiety about dental care, items related to the ingestion function of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a visual analogue pain assessment scale and the PCS-CF pain dramatisation scale will also be used.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-15
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-24
• Study First Posted: 2021-07-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-05-12
• Study Completion: 2023-05-12
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 940

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patient, male or female, coming to consult in the Clermont-Ferrand or Riom Hospital for acute pain of pulp origin and periapical OR eligible for dental treatment under general anesthesia in a context phobic.
• Understanding and practicing French
• giving informed consent to participate in research.
• Affiliation to a Social Security scheme.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients under guardianship.
• Patient's refusal to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
acute pain of pulpal origin	questionnaire	no intervention
anxious group	questionnaire	no intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
description of the self-medication behaviours	day 0	evaluated by patient interrogation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
level of anxiety	day 0	: evaluated with IDAF 4C (anxiety module between 8-40, phobia module between 5-10 and anxious situations between 10 and 50), the higher the score, the more anxious the patient is
visual analogue pain assessment scale and the PCS-CF pain dramatisation scale	Day 0	PCS-CF scale is evaluated between 0 and 52, the higher the score, the more patient is over reacting faced with pain
description of the oral health with the related to the ingestion function of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)	day 0	each item is evaluated with a Lickert scale
level of insecurity	day 0	evaluated by questionnaire (EPICES (the patient is in situation of insecurity if the score is higher than 30))

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand; 🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand, France