Temporomandibular Disorders Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Egypt

Completed

• Conditions: Temporomandibular Disorder

• Registration Number: NCT06977997
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Primary objective:

Evaluate the level of knowledge, and attitude of dental practitioners in Egypt.

Secondary objectives:

1. Evaluate the need for continuing dental education in the field of TMD.

2. Describe referral process practiced by dental practitioners.

3. Describe the procedures practiced by the dental practitioners for diagnosis and management of TMD.

Detailed Description

To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Egyptian dental practitioners regarding TMD. Knowledge can be categorized into essential sections for assessment, including aetiology, diagnosis, and management. Etiology and diagnosis are fundamental for providing effective management, which in turn reflects the quality of care received by patients. Evaluating the KAP of the GDPs regarding TMD can be applied to assess areas of knowledge shortfall and correlation between levels of knowledge and attitudes with years of practice experience and specialty. This can also reflect how effective the training at the dental school, as well as the postgraduate training, has been in this context. Besides, practice illustrates how practitioners apply their knowledge and attitudes to make appropriate patient diagnoses and management, as well as to describe the referral process

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-30
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-23
• Study Completion: 2025-01-23
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Study First Submitted: 2025-05-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-05-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-10
• Study First Posted: 2025-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 288

Inclusion Criteria

1. Gender: both males and females.
2. Dentists practicing the profession in Egypt
3. General practitioners or specialists

Exclusion Criteria

1-Undergraduate students

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
level of knowledge, and attitude of dental practitioners in Egypt.	Immediately after the dentists complete the questionnaire	knowledge, attitude will be assessed using questionnaire consisted of four domains: demographics, knowledge, attitude, and practice. content validity and reliability will be performed. Continuous data was explored for normality using Kolmogrov Smirnov test and Shapiro Wilk test.Continuous data showed non-parametric distribution and was described using mean, standard deviation, median and range. knowledge score range from 1 to 14, and attitude score range from 0 to 5. where higher scores indicate a higher knowledge and attitude levels

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The percentage of each speciality to whom the dentists participating to the questionnaire are referring TMD patients using their answers to the questionnaire	Immediately after the dentists complete the questionnaire	descriptive analysis using categorical and binary data will be presented as frequency and percentage
percentage of different treatment modalities offered by participant to TMD patient assessed by their answers to the questionnaire	Immediately after the dentists complete the questionnaire	descriptive analysis using categorical and binary data will be presented as frequency and percentage

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Giza, Egypt