Prevalence of Self-medication for Dental Conditions by Parents for Their Children

To evaluate prevalence of self-medication for dental conditions by parents for their children.

Self-medications practices.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Self-medication for Dental Conditions

Detailed Description

According to the World Health Organization, self-medication is the act of medicating oneself, either on their own initiative or on the advice of a close person, to treat self-recognized conditions or symptoms without supervision by a healthcare professional.

The growth and dissemination of self-medication practice represents a serious global public health issue, with increased risks of adverse drug reactions, non-beneficial drug interactions, drug abuse, and the emergence of drug-resistant pathogens.

Parents are the primary caregivers to whom children report their symptoms. But due to the presence of economic and time constraints, some parents seek the practice of self-medication for their children . However, children have a growing body reacting differently to the drugs (need of dose adjustment, choice of the proper route of administration and the need of taking in consideration the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics particularities of medicines) and therefore the inappropriate and unguided use of medications may lead to fatal complications.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 100

Contacts and Locations

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 3 years to 10 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Parents of healthy children up to 10 years.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents of healthy children up to 10 years.
• Parents who accept to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Guardians other than parents (child's father or mother).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
prevalence of self-medication	Questionnaire (binary or MSQ questions)	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
self-medication practices	Questionnaire (binary or MSQ questions)	one year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• • Dentistry, P. (2018). RESEARCH ARTICLE SELF-MEDICATION MEDICATION PRACTICES BY PARENTS IN CHILDREN FOR DENTAL CONDITIONS * Amrita Amrita Nayyar and Anand K. Tavargeri Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital
• • Paulino, M. R., Clementino, M. A., Santos, H. B. de P., Batista, M. I. H. de M., Carvalho, A. A. T., Nonaka, C. F. W., & Sousa, S. A. de. (2019). Self-Medication for Toothache and its Associated Factors in Children and Adolescents. Pesquisa Brasileira Em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 19(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4034/pboci.2019.191.3
• • Santos ANM, Nogueira DRC, Borja-Oliveira CR. Self-medication among participants of an open university of the third age and associated factors. Rev Bras Geriatr Gerontol 2018; 21(4):419-27. https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-22562018021.170204
• • Bras Odontopediatria Clin Integr 2016; 16(1):229-34. https://doi.org/10.4034/PBOCI.2016.161.24.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): September 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): November 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): July 2, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 2, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2019
• Last Verified: June 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Self-medication-drug interactions
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease; Stomatognathic Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: dental self-medication

Drug and device information, study documents

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