Procrastination in Seeking Dental Care

Barriers to Dental Care: Exploring the Role of Procrastination in Seeking Care

Patients fulfilling the eligibility criteria will be enrolled in the study will be given online survey to fill questionnaire.

Questionnaire will be provided to the patient which include the questions about following parameters:

1. Socio-Demographic factors
2. Self-reported oral health and dental satisfaction
3. Dental attendance regarding regular, past and future dental visits.
4. Delay of dental care Procrastination will be measured using Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS). Self-Efficacy for oral Health will be measured using Oral Health Self-Efficacy Scale (OHSES)

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Procrastination
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS); Other: Oral Health Self Efficacy Scale (OHSES)

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 196

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• India
  • Haryana
    • Rohtak, Haryana, India, 124001
      • PGIDS Rohtak

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants with age above 18 years will be recruited in the study. Recruitment of the patients for the study will be based on eligibility criteria after obtaining informed consent.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:• Individuals who were able to read and understand English language.

• Individuals who were above the age of 18 years and consented to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who were unwilling to take part in the study.

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Effect of Procrastination on Dental Attendance	Correlation coefficient between Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) score and dental attendance. IPS scale is a 9-item scale where participants respond to a statement on a Likert scale from 1 to 5 in order to indicate whether the statement describes them well (5) or not (1). Score range 9-45	Day 1
Effect of Oral Health Self Efficacy on dental attendance	Correlation coefficient between Oral health self efficacy scale (OHSES) score and dental attendance. OHSES is a 12-item scale to which respondents agreed or disagreed on a Likert scale (1-5). Score range 12-60	Day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 12, 2025
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Actual): February 28, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 2, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 13, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): December 29, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 26, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2026
• Last Verified: May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Navi Bansal

Drug and device information, study documents

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