Attitudes and motivation of dental students towards geriatric dentistry during the implementation of the new dental licensing regulations.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031881

Enrollment

Registered

2023-05-15

Start date

2023-04-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Attitudes towards geriatric dentistry

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: students who complete an one-day job shadowing in a nursing facility. Group 2: Control group: students who have not yet completed a job shadowing in a nursing facility.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Second- and third-semester dental students at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Students of other disciplines, students of other universities

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in students' attitudes towards geriatric dentistry assessed by questionnaires using the geriatrics attitudes scale before job shadowing, a few days after, and after 3-4 months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Influence of gender, age, prior experience and education on attitudes towards geriatric dentistry.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnna-Lena Hillebrecht

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Department für Zahn-Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Klinik für zahnärztliche Prothetik

anna-lena.hillebrecht@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 761 270-48440

Outcome results

None listed

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