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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

TypeNameDescription
OTHERsurvey administrationNursing 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.