Clinical trial NCT06437275: The Degree of Knowledge and Attitude of Egyptian Physicians Regarding Emergency Treatment of Traumatic Dental Injuries
Official title: The Degree of Knowledge and Attitude of Egyptian Physicians Regarding Emergency Treatment of Traumatic Dental Injuries: Cross Sectional Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Traumatic Dental Injuries
Keywords: Traumatic dental injuries
awareness
knowledge
attitude
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-31
Enrollment: 290
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Participants are family medicine, pediatricians, emergency doctors and other specialties in Cairo and Ain Shams University in Egypt.

Brief summary: This study intends to evaluate physicians' fundamental knowledge and attitude regarding the management of TDIs in Egypt. A convenience sample of physicians will be enrolled in this cross-sectional study, and they will be asked to complete a validated questionnaire. The questionnaire includes demographic questions, two case scenarios involving crown fractures and the avulsion of permanent teeth, and self-evaluation questions.

Detailed description: Several epidemiological studies continue to show significant levels of dental trauma in many countries. In industrialized countries, about one in five children experience a traumatic dental injury (TDI) to permanent teeth before leaving school.

Primary care providers (e.g., family physicians, pediatricians, emergency medicine physicians and nurses) can play an important role in offering primary care following dentofacial trauma, especially for rural populations with limited access to dentists.

Several global studies indicate that physicians and even pediatricians lacked the emergency management knowledge to deal with traumatic dental injuries (TDIs). Emphasizing the fact that medical students are not well educated or trained to manage TDIs.

To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted in Egypt to investigate physicians' knowledge and attitudes addressing traumatic dental injury.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Physicians who accept to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

Physicians who refuse to participate.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The degree of knowledge and attitude of Egyptian physicians.
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Cairo University
state: Al Manial
Study officials:
affiliation: Cairo University
name: Sherien Badr, Professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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