Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00526851
Oral Cancer Screening Among Nursing Home Dentists in Ohio
Oral Cancer Screening: Practices, Knowledge and Opinions of Ohio Nursing Home Dentists
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 37 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
RATIONALE: Learning about oral cancer screening practices, knowledge, and opinions of Ohio nursing home dentists may help the study of oral cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying oral cancer screening among nursing home dentists in Ohio.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * To develop a comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists in Ohio. * To document knowledge of oral cancer detection among these dentists. * To describe opinions of these dentists about oral cancer screening competency. * To describe the current oral cancer screening practices of these dentists. OUTLINE: Participants are stratified according to geographical location (urban vs rural). A comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists practicing in Ohio are contacted through a recruitment letter and are asked to respond to questions regarding oral cancer screening practices, knowledge of oral cancer detection, and opinions about oral cancer screening using a newly developed survey, which is based on parts of an existing, pre-tested instrument (Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Survey).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | survey administration | Nursing home dentists practicing in Ohio are contacted through a recruitment letter and are asked to respond to questions regarding oral cancer screening practices, knowledge of oral cancer detection, and opinions about oral cancer screening using a newly developed survey, which is based on parts of an existing, pre-tested instrument (Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Survey). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-01-01
- Completion
- 2009-01-01
- First posted
- 2007-09-10
- Last updated
- 2014-02-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00526851. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.