Clinical trial NCT06977997: Temporomandibular Disorders Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Egypt
Official title: Temporomandibular Disorders: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Dentists in Egypt: A Cross-sectional Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Temporomandibular Disorder
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-18
Enrollment: 288
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Dental practitioners practicing the profession in Egypt

Brief summary: Primary objective:

Evaluate the level of knowledge, and attitude of dental practitioners in Egypt.

Secondary objectives:

1. Evaluate the need for continuing dental education in the field of TMD.
2. Describe referral process practiced by dental practitioners.
3. Describe the procedures practiced by the dental practitioners for diagnosis and management of TMD.

Detailed description: To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Egyptian dental practitioners regarding TMD. Knowledge can be categorized into essential sections for assessment, including aetiology, diagnosis, and management. Etiology and diagnosis are fundamental for providing effective management, which in turn reflects the quality of care received by patients. Evaluating the KAP of the GDPs regarding TMD can be applied to assess areas of knowledge shortfall and correlation between levels of knowledge and attitudes with years of practice experience and specialty. This can also reflect how effective the training at the dental school, as well as the postgraduate training, has been in this context. Besides, practice illustrates how practitioners apply their knowledge and attitudes to make appropriate patient diagnoses and management, as well as to describe the referral process

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Gender: both males and females.
2. Dentists practicing the profession in Egypt
3. General practitioners or specialists

Exclusion Criteria:

1-Undergraduate students

Primary outcomes:
measure: level of knowledge, and attitude of dental practitioners in Egypt.
timeFrame: Immediately after the dentists complete the questionnaire
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The percentage of each speciality to whom the dentists participating to the questionnaire are referring TMD patients using their answers to the questionnaire
timeFrame: Immediately after the dentists complete the questionnaire
measure: percentage of different treatment modalities offered by participant to TMD patient assessed by their answers to the questionnaire
timeFrame: Immediately after the dentists complete the questionnaire
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University
state: Giza
Study officials:
References:
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