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Verification of a questionnaire for screening of gum disease in a medical setting

Validation of a questionnaire for rapid, non-invasive screening of periodontitis in a medical care setting

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN12098039
Enrollment
200
Registered
2020-01-31
Start date
2019-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-02-21

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

Conditions

Periodontitis Oral Health Periodontitis

Interventions

Within one week before a clinical visit to a medical doctor (internist, outpatient internal medicine clinics UMC (University Medical Center), location AMC (Academic Medical Center) Amsterdam), all pla
the periodontal examination will take about 5 minutes. Therefore the research will take 8 minutes total. Finally, the remaining data of the GH questionnaire such as BMI, blood pressur

Sponsors

Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients from 18 - 80 years of age 2. All ethnicities 3. All sexes 4. All education levels 5. At least one of their own teeth 6. Patients under control to an internist at the internal medicine clinic (UMC, location AMC)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Edentulous (with or without full dentures (regardless of dental implant support) 2. Do not speak Dutch or English 3. Patients who were not present in EPIC (the electronic health record of the UMC)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. DPSI (measured by one of the researchers): periodontitis yes/no 2. SROH questionnaire (done by one of the researchers and calculated by a formula): suspected to have periodontitis yes/no’ 3. Model performance parameters: sensitivity, specificity, NPV, PPV and AURROC

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Obtained through EPIC, the electronic health record of the UMC: 1. BMI (kg/m²) 2. Blood pressure (mmHg) 3. HbA1c, LDL-, HDL- and total cholesterol level 4. Triglycerides 5. eGFR 6. Albumin and creatinine concentration 7. Demographic factors (age, ethnicity and education level)

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

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