Oral Hygiene and Dietary Habits in Physical Therapy and Pharmacy Students at Sinai University
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Survey using a questionnaire..
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Oral Hygiene, Nutrition Habits. Basic parameters: 16 years — 25 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Oral health is a multidimension domain including the human ability to talk, smile, eat, drink and swallow. Oral health has a direct relationship with the individual's quality of life and it is influenced by the perception, experiences and knowledge.
Detailed description
Oral health is a multidimension domain including the human ability to talk, smile, eat, drink and swallow. Oral health has a direct relationship with the individual's quality of life and it is influenced by the perception, experiences and knowledge. The aim of the study is To assess the oral hygiene practices and dietary habits among physiotherapy and pharmacy students at Sinai University, To find the correlation between oral hygiene practices and dietary habits with the occurrence of oral health problems. \& To compare between the oral health knowledge between physiotherapy and pharmacy students at Sinai University.
Interventions
- Diagnostic test Survey using a questionnaire.
A survey was constructed to collect the data of oral hygiene and nutritional habits and obesity
Primary outcome measures
- Oral Hygiene that students follows [Time frame: "Baseline" or "Day 1"]
- Nutritional Habits [Time frame: "Baseline" or "Day 1"]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Body mass index [Time frame: "Baseline" or "Day 1"]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- A number of 334 adolescent and adults' physical therapy students at the faculty of physical therapy and 329 adolescent and adults' Pharmacy Students.
- The age from 16 to 25 years old as it is the typical age of students who are enrolled in Physical therapy and pharmacy programs.
- The subjects agreed to participate in the study, as an email address will be sent to all students that fits the criteria of selection.
Exclusion criteria
- Students who are enrolled to other programs rather than physical therapy and pharmacy.
- Students who are enrolled in other universities rather than Sinai university.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Sinai University — Ismailia
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07051057 · SU.REC.2024(40H)