Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Child Dental Behavior

NCT04186689 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 829
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 109
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

identifying children with dental uncooperative behavior among those who suffered from food insecurity will enable to implement preventive strategies and early intervention. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between food insecurity, maternal psychological status and child dental behavior.

Conditions

Food Insecurity; Maternal Psychological Distress; Child Dental Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• A six-point Venham Behavior Rating Scale to evaluate the child behavior during dental examination scale score from(0)the best outcome to (6) worst outcome

  which ranges from total cooperation (0) to no cooperation(6)

  6 months

• questionnaire containing 2 scales Household Food Insecurity Access Scale( score food secure better outcome -severely food insecure the worst outcome) and 14-item Perceived Stress Scale (scores from 0 better outcome to 40 worst outcome)

  to measure the effect of the predictor variable and the potential mediators which are the household food insecurity and maternal psychological status respectively.

  6 months

Study Arms (3)

children in fully food secure households (G1)

preschool children live in a fully food secure household have at least a carious tooth that needs treatment under local anesthesia other than extraction without any previous dental treatment experience.

Other: Routine Dental Examination

children in marginally food secure households (G2)

preschool children live in a marginally food secure household have at least a carious tooth that needs treatment under local anesthesia other than extraction without any previous dental treatment experience.

Other: Routine Dental Examination

children in food insecure households (G3)

preschool children live in a food-insecure household have at least a carious tooth that needs treatment under local anesthesia other than extraction without any previous dental treatment experience.

Other: Routine Dental Examination

Interventions

Routine Dental Examination OTHER

Routine dental examination for the children Questionnaire for their mothers

children in food insecure households (G3); children in fully food secure households (G1); children in marginally food secure households (G2)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 36 Months - 13 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

study populations are healthy children (3-13 years old) having at least one tooth needs dental treatment, accompanied by their mothers on their first dental visit and whose mothers signed an informed consent were eligible to participate in the study. children were enrolled only if they had at least one carious tooth with ICDAS detection code for coronal caries ranging from 3 to 5. Children with mental, communicative or developmental disabilities were excluded.

* Healthy children (3-13 years old) having at least one tooth needs dental treatment * Accompanied by their mothers on their first dental visit * whose mothers signed an informed consent children were enrolled only if they had at least one carious tooth with ICDAS for coronal caries ranging from 3 to 5.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• dina darwish: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Dentistry- Ain Shams University

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Study Officials

• Dina D Abd-Elmoneam, masters

  Ain Shams University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principle investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 26, 2019
• First Posted: December 5, 2019
• Study Start: February 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2022
• Study Completion: February 1, 2022
• Last Updated: June 24, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Locations

EG (1)