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Association between personality traits, body image and brushing performance – a video observation and questionnaire based study

Association between personality traits, body image and brushing performance – a video observation and questionnaire based study - APBB1

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00012333
Enrollment
170
Registered
2017-04-24
Start date
2017-05-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Oral hygiene in healthy volunteers

Interventions

Group 1: Video-observational study without intervention and control group - Video-observation of oral hygiene habits and questionnaires on personality traits
Assessment of videos with regards to duration, frequency of changes between areas in the mouth, correlation between personality traits and oral hygiene behaviour

Sponsors

Stiftungsprofessur für Kariesforschung Klinik für Zahnerhaltungskunde und Parodontologie Department f. Zahn-, Mund- u. KieferheilkundeUniversitätsklinikum Freiburg
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Willing and able to give written informed consent; Student at the University of Freiburg (at least 18 years of age); Not involved in dentistry (e.g. dental nurses or dental students) or in psychology (e.g. students in the field of psychology); Complete (including fixed dental restorations) and closed (except for extraction from orthodontic reasons) dental arches; Sufficient German language skills; Routine use of manual toothbrush

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Fixed orthodontic appliances; Removable dentures; Mental or physical disability with the potential to influence oral hygiene; Routine use of powered toothbrush

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Correlation between individual brushing habits (duration, frequency of changes between areas, Tothbrushing Systematics Index values [TSI]) and results of questionnaires. Following questionnaires should be used: Socio-demographic data (according to Deutsche Mundgesundheitsstudie V); Toothbrushing education and toothbrushing habits (self-estimation, according to Deutsche Mundgesundheitsstudie V); Relation to oral hygiene and the own oral cavity; Experience with dentists; Dental related self-efficacy; General self-efficacy expectation (Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung (SWE), German version); Dental Anxiety Scale (German version); NEO-five factors inventory (NEO FFI, German Version; Personality Traits); Dresden Body Image Inventory (DKB-35, German Version); Prime MD Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ, German Version PHQ-D, Questions to Depressive Symptoms and to Unspecified Symptoms of Anxiety)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary aim is the correlation between brushing quality (PI score) with effective brushing duration, frequency of changes between areas and toothbrushing systematics (TSI-values); Analysis of impact of own strategies for maintenance of oral health (e.g. frequency of visits at dentist, frequency of toothbrushing) on brushing quality (PI) and brushing systematics (TSI). The third study aim is the correlation between own strategies for maintenance of oral health (e.g. frequency of visits at dentist, frequency of toothbrushing) and results of questionnaires DKB-35 (Body Image), NEO FFI (Personality Traits), PHQ-D (Depressive Symptoms and to Unspecified Symptoms of Anxiety)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMaxi Müller

Stiftungsprofessur für Kariesforschung Klinik für Zahnerhaltungskunde und Parodontologie Department f. Zahn-, Mund- u. KieferheilkundeUniversitätsklinikum Freiburg

zahnputzstudie.uni-freiburg@web.de0049-761-270-47280

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026