Knowledge and Behavior Toward Early Childhood Caries

October University for Modern Sciences and Arts440 enrolled

Overview

400 mothers are at least 18 years of age who have at least a child with minimum age of 6 years or even younger will be selected from the outpatient clinics of October University for Modern Sciences and arts (MSA). The questionnaire will be administrated to obtain socio demographic information and to assess their oral health beliefs, knowledge, behaviors and the possible barriers for their accessing oral health care.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

440

Conditions

Early Childhood Caries

Interventions

early childhood cariesBEHAVIORAL

a questionnaire evaluates the oral health beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors of a sample representing Egyptian mothers toward early childhood caries

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * mothers are at least 18 years of age who have at least a child with minimum age of 6 years or even younger Exclusion Criteria: * mothers are refuse to participate in the study or sign the consent

Locations (1)

October University of Modern Sciences and Arts

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

evaluation of the oral health beliefs, knowledge, and behavioral attitudes towards early childhood caries

data collected from the questionnaire

Time frame: 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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