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CompletedNCT03693443Updated Jan 10, 2019

Knowledge and Behavior Toward Early Childhood Caries

An observational study in Early Childhood Caries, sponsored by October University for Modern Sciences and Arts. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-01-10.

Sponsored by October University for Modern Sciences and Arts · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
440
Ages
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

400 mothers are at least 18 years of age who have at least a child with minimum age of 6 years or even younger will be selected from the outpatient clinics of October University for Modern Sciences and arts (MSA). The questionnaire will be administrated to obtain socio demographic information and to assess their oral health beliefs, knowledge, behaviors and the possible barriers for their accessing oral health care.

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Conditions studied

  • Early Childhood Caries

Keywords

  • knowledge
  • behaviors
  • Early childhood caries
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In context

Lead sponsor

October University for Modern Sciences and Arts is the lead sponsor of 50 studies on the registry; 20 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Mothers are at least 18 years of age who have at least a child with minimum age of 6 years or even younger will be selected from the outpatient clinics of October University for Modern Sciences and arts, Cairo city, the capital of Egypt.

Inclusion criteria

  • mothers are at least 18 years of age who have at least a child with minimum age of 6 years or even younger

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • mothers are refuse to participate in the study or sign the consent
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
440 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • Behavioralearly childhood caries

    a questionnaire evaluates the oral health beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors of a sample representing Egyptian mothers toward early childhood caries

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. evaluation of the oral health beliefs, knowledge, and behavioral attitudes towards early childhood caries

    data collected from the questionnaire

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • October University of Modern Sciences and Arts
    Cairo, Egypt
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 10, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03693443
Lead sponsor
October University for Modern Sciences and Arts
Responsible party
Naglaa Ibrahim Ezz (Lecturer, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 3, 2018
Start date
Oct 2, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 20, 2018
Completion
Dec 20, 2018
Last update
Jan 10, 2019

Study contacts

Naglaa I Ezz El Din, lecturer
principal investigator · October University for Modern Sciences and Arts

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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