Oral Cancer Screening Among Nursing Home Dentists in Ohio
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00526851
- Lead Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Learning about oral cancer screening practices, knowledge, and opinions of Ohio nursing home dentists may help the study of oral cancer in the future.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying oral cancer screening among nursing home dentists in Ohio.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
* To develop a comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists in Ohio.
* To document knowledge of oral cancer detection among these dentists.
* To describe opinions of these dentists about oral cancer screening competency.
* To describe the current oral cancer screening practices of these dentists.
OUTLINE: Participants are stratified according to geographical location (urban vs rural).
A comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists practicing in Ohio are contacted through a recruitment letter and are asked to respond to questions regarding oral cancer screening practices, knowledge of oral cancer detection, and opinions about oral cancer screening using a newly developed survey, which is based on parts of an existing, pre-tested instrument (Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Survey).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 37
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Opinions of these dentists about oral cancer screening competency Cross-Sectional Knowledge of oral cancer detection among nursing home dentists in Ohio Cross-Sectional Current oral cancer screening practices of nursing home dentists in Ohio Cross-Sectional
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States