Oral Cancer Screening Among Nursing Home Dentists in Ohio

February 4, 2014 updated by: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Oral Cancer Screening: Practices, Knowledge and Opinions of Ohio Nursing Home Dentists

RATIONALE: Learning about oral cancer screening practices, knowledge, and opinions of Ohio nursing home dentists may help the study of oral cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying oral cancer screening among nursing home dentists in Ohio.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • To develop a comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists in Ohio.
  • To document knowledge of oral cancer detection among these dentists.
  • To describe opinions of these dentists about oral cancer screening competency.
  • To describe the current oral cancer screening practices of these dentists.

OUTLINE: Participants are stratified according to geographical location (urban vs rural).

A comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists practicing in Ohio are contacted through a recruitment letter and are asked to respond to questions regarding oral cancer screening practices, knowledge of oral cancer detection, and opinions about oral cancer screening using a newly developed survey, which is based on parts of an existing, pre-tested instrument (Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Survey).

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

37

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065
        • Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Nursing Home Dentists in Ohio

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Dentist practicing either full-time or part-time in a nursing home setting in the state of Ohio

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Not specified

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Knowledge of oral cancer detection among nursing home dentists in Ohio
Time Frame: Cross-Sectional
Cross-Sectional
Opinions of these dentists about oral cancer screening competency
Time Frame: Cross-Sectional
Cross-Sectional
Current oral cancer screening practices of nursing home dentists in Ohio
Time Frame: Cross-Sectional
Cross-Sectional

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Suparna A. Mahalaha, DDS, MPH, Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 7, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 7, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

September 10, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 5, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2014

Last Verified

February 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CASE17Z06 (Other Identifier: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center)
  • P30CA043703 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • CASE-17Z06-CC213

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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