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NCT Number: NCT07443319

Evaluation of Barriers and Unmet Needs, Parental Satisfaction, and Measurement of Utilization of Dental Care and Dental Services

Evaluation of the barriers and unmet needs of using dental services for children and measure the extent of parents' satisfaction with the service provided to their children using database information for the health facility by cross sectional studies

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Key information

Age range

2 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

Utilization in health care is the consumption of services or supplies, such as the number of dental visits a person makes per year with a health care provider (Medical Dictionary 2009), it is either the first dental visit, no dental visits during a specified period, or the total expenditure of dental visits or routine care.

Barriers and Unmet needs are essential to understand and assess the prevalence of oral disease to create an oral health care environment to understand children's oral health care needs.

To ensure the patient and parent continuity of follow up satisfaction measurement is a demand.

evaluating the patients' reaction and their satisfaction with the service makes the person want to repeat this service if he feels satisfied and sometimes happy when receiving it.

Increasing parents' awareness about visiting the dental clinic to improve the quality of life of their families.

Comfortable utilization dental services in dental clinics and following up on children's oral health to improve their quality of life.

Increasing parents' awareness about visiting the dental clinic to improve the quality of life of their families.

Increasing the detection rate and following the system that improves the performance of his task in an optimal manner, the supervisor, which gives him more comfort while carrying out his duty.

Raising the level of oral health and improving the quality of life of individuals in the community.

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Parents of children aged 2 to 12 years old.

Exclusion criteria

  • Parents refuse to sign the informed consent.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Barriers needs and unmet needs

    Time frame: 6 months

    Questionnaire consists of closed questions based on Aday and Andersen's (1974) framework

Secondary outcomes

  1. Parents' satisfaction

    Time frame: 6 months

    DSQ questionnaire

  2. Utilization of dental services

    Time frame: 6 months

    No. of patient using the dental care service, Formula in utilization definition

  3. Statistical analysis

    Time frame: 6 months

    Preformed chart Source: Ministry of Health & Population.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Sara M Majhoom, Master degree student

CONTACT

[email protected]

01101453107

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Barriers and Unmet Needs, Parental Satisfaction, and Measurement of Utilization of Dental Care and Dental Services Provided in Pediatric Dentistry Department in El Kasr El Einy. A Cross-Sectional Study: Part II

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Mar 2, 2026
Registry last updated
Mar 2, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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