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NCT Number: NCT04148300

The Impact of Oral Health Literacy on Dental Anxiety and Utilization of Oral Health Services

Oral Health Literacy is an integral part that should be taken into measures when evaluating the oral health status of any population. It has been stated that adults with low oral health literacy are more prone to miss their dental appointments and that low levels of oral health literacy, and being anxious and fearful of the dentist is a common barrier to the utilization of dental services. Unfortunately no previous studies assessed the oral health literacy level, dental anxiety and utilization of dental services among the Egyptian population. So the aim of the current study is to detect the impact of oral health literacy on level of dental anxiety and utilization of dental services among Misr International University (MIU) dental patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Oral Health

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

The current study is a cross sectional study that includes an interview lead questionnaire that will be carried out by second year dental students of the academic years (2018-2019, 2019- 2020). The questionnaire consists of four sections; a demographic section, a modified Arabic Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy (ARELAD-30) Tool, Arabic Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (AMDAS), and Utilization of oral health services questionnaire. Before conducting the study, orientation sessions and thorough training of the students will be performed to ensure that the students can conduct the interview consistently and efficiently. Students will be asked to design educational materials (brochures, leaflets and posters) that aim at improving patients' knowledge and awareness regarding oral health and the utilization of oral health services. The aim of this study is to detect the impact of oral health literacy on the level of dental anxiety and utilization of dental services among dental patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Both genders.
  • Age: 18 - 60 years old.
  • Dentate or partially edentulous patients with or without fixed or removable appliances.
  • Healthy adults as well as adults with any chronic condition and/or under regular use of medication.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects with mental or psychological problems.
  • Subjects who cannot read or write.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Level of Oral Health Literacy

    Time frame: 14 months from the first enrollment

    modified version of the Arabic Version of Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (AREALD-30): grades 0 (Complete illiteracy)-30 (Complete literacy)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Level of Dental Anxiety

    Time frame: 14 months from the first enrollment

    Arabic Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (AMDAS): Likert scale 1(Extreme anxiety) -5 (Not anxious at all)

  2. Level of utilization of oral health services

    Time frame: 14 months from the first enrollment

    Questionnaire: Nominal outcome (%)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Misr International University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Oral Health Literacy on Dental Anxiety and Utilization of Oral Health Services Among Dental Patients: A Cross Sectional Study

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Nov 1, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 22, 2024

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