Clinical trial NCT04747743: Usage of Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Survey Among Egyptian Dental Practitioners
Official title: Assessment of Dentist Pharmacist Communication About Usage of Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Survey Among Egyptian Dental Practitioners
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Bruxism
Lead sponsor: Future University in Egypt
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ain Shams University
name: British University In Egypt
name: Cairo University
First posted: 2021-02-10
Enrollment: 170
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: dental practitioners in Egypt (professionals both academic and nonacademic).

Brief summary: Pharmacists may also logistically serve as ideal health-care destinations to implement and deliver prevention, early intervention, and referral of oral health services to reduce the incidence of potentially preventable oral conditions including tooth decay, gum disease, and oral cancer. Interprofessional teamwork between pharmacist and dentistry may help to encourage pharmacists to take a more active role in promoting oral health. By providing information and assistance for self-care and the use of over the counter (OTC) products for minor problems on oral health, it can provide better patient care in the Malaysian health-care system

Detailed description: Skeletal muscle relaxants (SMR) are a diverse group of medications that are not chemically related like other drug classes and work through a variety of mechanisms. The term "muscle relaxant" is used to refer to two major therapeutic groups: neuromuscular blockers and spasmolytic. Some of them are working mainly through the central nervous system; they have many adverse effects such as sedation and dizziness that may limit their use.

Pharmacists may also logistically serve as ideal health-care destinations to implement and deliver prevention, early intervention, and referral of oral health services to reduce the incidence of potentially preventable oral conditions including tooth decay, gum disease, and oral cancer. Interprofessional teamwork between pharmacist and dentistry may help to encourage pharmacists to take a more active role in promoting oral health. By providing information and assistance for self-care and the use of over the counter (OTC) products for minor problems on oral health, it can provide better patient care in the Malaysian health-care system

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* academic dental practitioners in Egypt
* nonacademic dental practitioners in Egypt

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age less than 20 or more than 60
* Non-dental

Primary outcomes:
measure: Dental practitioner's knowledge about muscle relaxants indications
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: importance of direct communication between dental practitioners and pharmacists in order to detect the communication barriers and how to overcome those barriers.
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Dental practitioner's knowledge about muscle relaxants doses
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Dental practitioner's knowledge about muscle relaxants side effects
timeFrame: 1 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Future University in egypt
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