A Web-based Survey -Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Adults in Egypt: Cross Sectional Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Temporomandibular Disorders
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 296
- Primary Endpoint
- Fonseca Anamnestic Index (FAI) questionnaire
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Cross sectional study to investigate the relation between Smartphone addiction and temporomandibular disorders among youth population in Egypt. An online- based questionnaire study. A 296 participants who are Egyptians with age between18 and 35 years old without prior neck and upper extremity related diseases, orofacial trauma or surgeries, history of rheumatoid arthritis or congenital musculoskeletal problems. An online- based questionnaire will be sent through different social media platforms, it will include three screens, the first includes the consent form, the second includes the demographic data (year of birth, current educational status, gender and geographic information ), and the third page includes questionnaires
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Investigators
Norhan Mohamed Eltayeb
principal investigator
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •both males and females adults
- •Their ages between18 and 35 years old
- •ability to use Smartphone
Exclusion Criteria
- •any neck and upper extremity related diseases
- •orofacial trauma or surgeries
- •history of Rheumatoid arthritis
- •congenital musculoskeletal problems.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Fonseca Anamnestic Index (FAI) questionnaire
Time Frame: 2 months
a questionnaire used to assess the severity of TMD
Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short version (SAS-SV) questionnaire
Time Frame: 2 months
a questionnaire used to measure the degree of smartphone addiction
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)
Time Frame: 2 months
a questionnaire used to indicate the severity of depression