Prevalence Of Deleterious Oral Habits Among a Group of School Children in Cairo, Egypt: Cross-Sectional Study
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- HabitsBruxismSucking BehaviorNail Biting
- Registration Number
- NCT05769166
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahram Canadian University
- Brief Summary
This study aims to detect the prevalence of practicing oral habits among a group of school children in Cairo, Egypt.
- Detailed Description
An online questionnaire utilizing the third domain of Nordic Orofacial Test screen will be distributed among school children (aged five to seven years) parents to measure the prevalence of oral habits.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1500
Inclusion Criteria
- school children
- accept to participate
- children within the age group
Exclusion Criteria
- special health care needs children
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oral habits (presence / absence) baseline record practicing one or more of the following habit(s): sucking habits, nail biting, bruxism
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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