The Prevalence of Oral Habits in a Group of Primary School Children in Cairo Governorate
NCT ID: NCT02944422
Last Updated: 2016-10-25
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
624 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2016-10-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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PICO:
P: Egyptian primary school children of 7 - 10 years old
O: Prevalence of oral habits
Primary Outcome: Prevalence of Oral Habit; Device of Measurement: Questionnaire; Unit of Measurement: Binary.
Conditions
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Study Design
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CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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Males
Primary school Egyptian boys from 7-10 years.
No interventions assigned to this group
Females
Primary school Egyptian girls from 7-10 years.
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Children with no intellectual problems
Exclusion Criteria
* Medically compromised children
* Children of families who refuse to participate in the study
7 Years
10 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Cairo University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Yomna Hassan Saad
Dr
Principal Investigators
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Mahmoud Hamdy, Professor
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Cairo University
Central Contacts
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Randa Youssef, Lecturer
Role: CONTACT
References
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Shetty SR, Munshi AK. Oral habits in children--a prevalence study. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 1998 Jun;16(2):61-6.
Quashie-Williams R, daCosta OO, Isiekwe MC. Oral habits, prevalence and effects on occlusion of 4-15 year old school children in Lagos, Nigeria. Niger Postgrad Med J. 2010 Jun;17(2):113-7.
Onyeaso CO. Oral habits among 7-10 year-old school children in Ibadan, Nigeria. East Afr Med J. 2004 Jan;81(1):16-21. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v81i1.8789.
Lagana G, Masucci C, Fabi F, Bollero P, Cozza P. Prevalence of malocclusions, oral habits and orthodontic treatment need in a 7- to 15-year-old schoolchildren population in Tirana. Prog Orthod. 2013 Jun 14;14:12. doi: 10.1186/2196-1042-14-12.
Kharbanda OP, Sidhu SS, Sundaram K, Shukla DK. Oral habits in school going children of Delhi: a prevalence study. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2003 Sep;21(3):120-4.
M Hegde A, M Xavier A. Childhood Habits: Ignorance is not Bliss- A Prevalence Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2009 Jan;2(1):26-9. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1037. Epub 2009 Apr 26.
Guaba K, Ashima G, Tewari A, Utreja A. Prevalence of malocclusion and abnormal oral habits in North Indian rural children. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 1998 Mar;16(1):26-30.
Garde JB, Suryavanshi RK, Jawale BA, Deshmukh V, Dadhe DP, Suryavanshi MK. An epidemiological study to know the prevalence of deleterious oral habits among 6 to 12 year old children. J Int Oral Health. 2014 Feb;6(1):39-43. Epub 2014 Feb 26.
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Other Identifiers
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CEBC-CU-2016-10-142
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id