Behavior Management Techniques Adopted by Pediatric Dentists in Egypt

Behavior Management Techniques Adopted by Pediatric Dentists in Egypt: Cross-sectional Study

A cross-sectional study to investigate behavior management techniques used by pediatric dentists in Egypt according to AAPD clinical guidelines.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Child Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Behavior management techniques

Detailed Description

Observational study to investigate behavior management techniques adopted by pediatric dentists in Egypts for different patients ages, by distributing questionnaires in Egyptian govermental universities consisting of participant's demographic information, behavior management techniques used for each age group and their opinion or comments.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 72

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Manial
    • Giza, Manial, Egypt, 20
      • Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Pediatric dentists either govermental university staff in Cairo or Phd students in Cairo govermental universities

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• pediatric dentist and holding at least a master degree

Exclusion Criteria:

• refusal to participate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Behavior management	Questionnaire will be used for measurement using binary questions (Yes, No) to measure the outcome. Summing up Yes responses will reveal the most common behavior management techniques used by pediatric dentists in Egypt	one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Director: Hassan A. Ahmed, ahmed, Centre of evidence based dentistry

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): June 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 1, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): August 15, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 14, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): July 31, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 31, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2018
• Last Verified: July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: CEBD-CU-2018_06_18

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: Protocol will be shared

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No