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CompletedNCT04383626Updated May 12, 2020

Fear Among Dentists During COVID-19 Pandemic

An observational study in COVID, sponsored by Cairo University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 20 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-05-12.

Sponsored by Cairo University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
216
Ages
20 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study aimed to evaluate the anxiety and fear of infection between dentists working during the present corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to explore dentist's knowledge about various practice modifications and guidelines to fight the novel corona virus

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The spread of corona virus (COVID-19) has posed significant challenges for dentistry and medicine, and dental and medical schools, in all affected countries.

The speed of reaction and type of response to this disease around the world have been very variable according to differing healthcare systems, economies and political ideologies

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Conditions studied

  • COVID

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Keywords

  • fear
  • practice modification
  • COVID-19
  • epidemic
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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 216 is below the median of 261 across 3,136 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Cairo University is the lead sponsor of 4,780 studies on the registry; 1,427 are open to participants now.

Of its 36 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (14%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Dentist having bachelor of dentistry or equivalent degree

Inclusion criteria

  • Dentist having bachelor of dentistry or equivalent degree

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • paramedical staff and dental students
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
216 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. fear among dentist during COVID 19 epidemic

    measuring unit questionnaire and the measuring unit is categorical yes, no and unaware

    Time frame: 1 week

Secondary outcomes

  1. practice modification among dentist during COVID 19 epidemic

    measuring unit questionnaire and the measuring unit is categorical yes, no and don't know

    Time frame: 1 week

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Study locations

1 site
  • Cairo University
    Cairo, Egypt
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 12, 2020, 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
NCT04383626
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Responsible party
Mariam Mohsen Aly (lecturer in pediatric dentistry and dental public health, faculty of dentistry, Cairo university, Cairo University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 12, 2020
Start date
Mar 2, 2020
Primary completion
Apr 5, 2020
Completion
May 5, 2020
Last update
May 12, 2020

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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