Oral Ulcer Prevalence: Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study

NCT03167632 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: QoL1
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 605
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Oral Ulcers have serious effect on patients' lives. Due to absence of any information about its prevalence, risk factors and effect on patients' lives, this study has been held. The investigators recruited patients from the outpatient dental clinic of the faculty of oral and dental medicine, Cairo University, screened them clinically for oral ulcers. All patients filled questionnaires about the risk factors of oral ulcers. Furthermore, oral ulcer patients filled questionnaires about their Quality of life, previous treatments used, previous physicians visited and their Quality of life after using previous treatments.

Conditions

Oral Ulcer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• prevalence of Oral Ulcers

  number of patients having oral ulcers

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Oral health related-quality of life (OHR-QoL).

  3 months

• The effect of previous treatment

  3 months

• Types of non-conventional treatments used

  3 months

• Number of dentists or physicians visited before

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

dental patients

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

patients attending the outpatient clinic of oral diagnosis, department of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Periodontology, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University.

You may qualify if:

• Subjects whose age was above 15 years old.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects having problem in opening their mouth (due to non-oral ulcer cause) or undergoing intermaxillary fixation where oral examination was not possible.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Oral Ulcer

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Teaching assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 24, 2017
• First Posted: May 30, 2017
• Study Start: August 10, 2015
• Primary Completion: October 25, 2015
• Study Completion: October 25, 2015
• Last Updated: May 30, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share