Clinical trial NCT02944422: The Prevalence of Oral Habits in a Group of Primary School Children in Cairo Governorate
Official title: The Prevalence of Oral Habits in a Group of Primary School Children in Cairo Governorate: A Cross-Sectional Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Oral Habit
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-10-25
Enrollment: 624
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Primary school Egyptian children.

Brief summary: This study is designed to determine the prevalence of oral habits among primary Egyptian school children in Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Detailed description: This aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of oral habits among primary Egyptian school children in Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

PICO:

P: Egyptian primary school children of 7 - 10 years old

O: Prevalence of oral habits

Primary Outcome: Prevalence of Oral Habit; Device of Measurement: Questionnaire; Unit of Measurement: Binary.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Cooperative children of 7-10 years old
* Children with no intellectual problems

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with orthodontic appliances
* Medically compromised children
* Children of families who refuse to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of Oral Habit
timeFrame: 5 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Cairo University
name: Mahmoud Hamdy, Professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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