Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Caregivers and Oral Health Status of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

A cross-sectional study to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of care givers of Alzheimer's disease patients using a questionnaire as a tool and evaluating the oral health status of these patients by recording DMF scores and simplified oral hygiene index in order to assess if there is any correlation between those two variables

Inclusion criteria

for caregivers:

• all primary caregivers serving Alzheimer's disease patients.

Inclusion criteria

for Alzheimer's disease patients :

• all patients whose medical condition allows for an oral examination

Exclusion criteria

for caregivers:

• caregivers who are not directly involved in the daily care
• caregivers who refuse to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

for Alzheimer's disease patients :

• patients with deteriorated medical condition that do not permit clinical examination.