Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Caregivers and Oral Health Status of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Practices of Caregivers; Knowledge of Caregivers; Attitudes of Caregivers; Oral Health Status of Alzheimer Patients

• Registration Number: NCT07161089
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

A cross-sectional study to assess the relation between the knowledge, attitude and practices or caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients and the oral health status of these patients.

Detailed Description

A cross-sectional study to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of care givers of Alzheimer's disease patients using a questionnaire as a tool and evaluating the oral health status of these patients by recording DMF scores and simplified oral hygiene index in order to assess if there is any correlation between those two variables

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-06-18
• Primary Completion: 2025-08-25
• Study Completion: 2025-08-25
• Study First Submitted: 2025-08-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-08-30
• Status Verified: 2025-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-06
• Study First Posted: 2025-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 2025-09-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
knowledge , attitude and practices of primary caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients	Baseline	validated questionnaire to assess the KAP of caregivers of AD patients

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oral health status of AD patients	Baseline	measure the DMF index

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt