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Stress hormone levels in students with ear pain

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Other Procedures,
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/05/019368
Lead Sponsor
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Brief Summary

A cross sectional study will be done among 400 dental and medical students, to assess the prevalance of temporomandibular disorders by using a validated questionnare. later 10 ml of salival will be collected in 20 students who are diagnosed with Tmd and 20 healthy students without TMD, to asses the salivary cortisol levels.

No publication done  till date on this topic.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
400
Inclusion Criteria

BDS and MBBS students of year I and II of Melaka Manipal Medical college, Manipal who are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Smokers, History of orthodontic treatment History of systemic illness.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) among dental and medical undergraduate students30 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Salivary cortisol estimation will be done in students with TMD group.30 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Dentistry , Melaka Manipal Medical College

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Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Faculty of Dentistry , Melaka Manipal Medical College
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Chung Luo Wei
Principal investigator
9902781690
luowei96@hotmail.com

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