Oral Ulcer Prevalence of and Quality of Life: a Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 605
- 主要终点
- prevalence of Oral Ulcers
研究概览
简要总结
Oral Ulcers have serious effect on patients' lives. Due to absence of any information about its prevalence, risk factors and effect on patients' lives, this study has been held. The investigators recruited patients from the outpatient dental clinic of the faculty of oral and dental medicine, Cairo University, screened them clinically for oral ulcers. All patients filled questionnaires about the risk factors of oral ulcers. Furthermore, oral ulcer patients filled questionnaires about their Quality of life, previous treatments used, previous physicians visited and their Quality of life after using previous treatments.
详细描述
Oral ulcers form a category of oral lesions that is frequently encountered by the dentist. It influences the patients' lives greatly. In a first step to reducing the disease burdens on patients, basic data about the disease distribution and possible risk factors should be gathered through epidemiological studies.
This cross-sectional study consisted of a convenience sample of 605 dental patients recruited in the time from August to October 2015. The study was held in the outpatient oral diagnosis clinic, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt; which is an open public facility, a tertiary healthcare and a referral center.
For each participant, the study details were explained and the consent was received. Then, medical history was taken, comprehensive oral examination was done, history of any detected oral ulcer was investigated. The questionnaire was filled through a face-to-face interview.
Comprehensive oral examination was held on a dental unit using the light of the unit, mirror and probe.
After full examination and questionnaire filling, the oral ulcer patients were educated about their oral problem and their ulcers were managed. If the patient's condition needed further investigations or management, referral was done to the appropriate department of the faculty.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 15 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Subjects whose age was above 15 years old.
排除标准
- •Subjects having problem in opening their mouth (due to non-oral ulcer cause) or undergoing intermaxillary fixation where oral examination was not possible.
结局指标
主要结局
prevalence of Oral Ulcers
时间窗: 3 months
number of patients having oral ulcers
次要结局
- The effect of previous treatment(3 months)
- Oral health related-quality of life (OHR-QoL).(3 months)
- Types of non-conventional treatments used(3 months)
- Number of dentists or physicians visited before(3 months)
研究者
Ayat Gamal-AbdelNaser
Teaching assistant
Cairo University