Assessment of Knowledge, Practice and State of Periodontal Health Among Egyptian Patients Attending Diagnostic Center at Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University. A Cross-sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 511
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Knowledge of periodontal health
研究概览
简要总结
The main objective of the study is to assess the knowledge and practice of periodontal health, which will be done using a well constructed and validated questionnaire. Then periodontal health status of all participants will be assessed via clinical examination of certain teeth.
详细描述
The primary outcome of the study is the knowledge of periodontal health.It will be assessed by 10 questions focusing on the basic knowledge of gingival appearance, causes and consequence of periodontal disease, impact of systemic disease on the progression of periodontal conditions, and prevention. Then, periodontal practice will be addressed via several questions that evaluate the self-care practices of tooth brushing, flossing, mouth rinsing in recent one year, scaling in recent five years, and how to alleviate gingival bleeding if there is.
Periodontal examination using the community periodontal index (CPI) will be done for all of the participants to assess the status of periodontal condition. The dentition will be divided into sextants and the highest code number corresponding to the worst periodontal condition around each of the 10 indexed teeth being recorded.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients whose age is above 15 years old.
- •Patient consulting in the outpatient clinic
- •Provide informed consent.
排除标准
- •Patients having problem in opening their mouth or undergoing intermaxillary fixation where oral examination will not be possible.
- •Patients diagnosed with psychiatric problems or intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.
结局指标
主要结局
Knowledge of periodontal health
时间窗: "through study completion, an average of 1 year"
will be assessed from the 10 questions in the questionnaire and be presented as frequencies and percentages.
次要结局
- Periodontal health practice("through study completion, an average of 1 year")
- State of periodontal health("through study completion, an average of 1 year")
研究者
Noha Ayman Ghallab
Prof. Dr Noha Ayman Ghallab - Professor of Oral Medicine and Periodontology / Cairo University.
Cairo University