Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Caregivers and Oral Health Status of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

September 6, 2025 updated by: Sherine Tarek Mohamed Elsayed Khaled, Cairo University

Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Caregivers and Oral Health Status of Alzheimer's Disease Patients in Cairo: A Cross-Sectional Study

A cross-sectional study to assess the relation between the knowledge, attitude and practices or caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients and the oral health status of these patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

A cross-sectional study to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of care givers of Alzheimer's disease patients using a questionnaire as a tool and evaluating the oral health status of these patients by recording DMF scores and simplified oral hygiene index in order to assess if there is any correlation between those two variables

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

30

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

  • Egypt
    • Giza Governorate
      • Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt
        • Cairo University

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

for caregivers: all employed caregivers in the center involved. in the care of Alzheimer's disease patients .

for Alzehimer's disease patients: all Alzheimier's disease patients residing in the center.

Description

Inclusion Criteria for caregivers:

  • all primary caregivers serving Alzheimer's disease patients.

Inclusion criteria for Alzheimer's disease patients :

* all patients whose medical condition allows for an oral examination

Exclusion Criteria for caregivers:

  • caregivers who are not directly involved in the daily care
  • caregivers who refuse to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria for Alzheimer's disease patients :

  • patients with deteriorated medical condition that do not permit clinical examination.

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients
knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients
Alzheimer's disease patients
oral health status of Alzheimer's disease patients

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
knowledge , attitude and practices of primary caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients
Time Frame: Baseline
validated questionnaire to assess the KAP of caregivers of AD patients
Baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Oral health status of AD patients
Time Frame: Baseline
measure the DMF index
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Cairo University

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 (Actual)

June 18, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 25, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

August 25, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 25, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 30, 2025

First Posted (Estimated)

September 8, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

September 12, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 6, 2025

Last Verified

September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CU 25 8 2025

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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