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NCT Number: NCT04949126

Self Medication in Odontology (AUDE)

To describe and understand the self-medication behaviours of a population of adults coming to the Clermont-Ferrand dentistry department for acute pain of pulpal origin and of a population of adults coming to the specific care unit of the Clermont-Ferrand dentistry department or the Riom hospital for treatment under general anaesthesia.

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Key information

Conditions

Dental Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Dental Pain Facial Pain Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Stomatognathic Diseases Tooth Diseases Toothache

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France

About this study

Self-medication behaviour will be studied by means of a questionnaire. Questionnaires on insecurity, anxiety about dental care, items related to the ingestion function of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a visual analogue pain assessment scale and the PCS-CF pain dramatisation scale will also be used.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patient, male or female, coming to consult in the Clermont-Ferrand or Riom Hospital for acute pain of pulp origin and periapical OR eligible for dental treatment under general anesthesia in a context phobic.
  • Understanding and practicing French
  • giving informed consent to participate in research.
  • Affiliation to a Social Security scheme.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients under guardianship.
  • Patient's refusal to participate in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Behavioral

questionnaires of precarity, dental anxiety, self medication, pain

Primary outcomes

  1. description of the self-medication behaviours

    Time frame: day 0

    evaluated by patient interrogation

Secondary outcomes

  1. level of anxiety

    Time frame: day 0

    : evaluated with IDAF 4C (anxiety module between 8-40, phobia module between 5-10 and anxious situations between 10 and 50), the higher the score, the more anxious the patient is

  2. level of insecurity

    Time frame: day 0

    evaluated by questionnaire (EPICES (the patient is in situation of insecurity if the score is higher than 30))

  3. description of the oral health with the related to the ingestion function of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

    Time frame: day 0

    each item is evaluated with a Lickert scale

  4. visual analogue pain assessment scale and the PCS-CF pain dramatisation scale

    Time frame: Day 0

    PCS-CF scale is evaluated between 0 and 52, the higher the score, the more patient is over reacting faced with pain

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Self Medication and Pulpal and Periapical Dental Pain

Acronym: AUDE

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jul 2, 2021
Registry last updated
Apr 8, 2024

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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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