Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Adults in Egypt.

A Web-based Survey -Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Adults in Egypt: Cross Sectional Study

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06261697

Enrollment

296

Registered

2024-02-15

Start date

2024-02-20

Completion date

2024-06-30

Last updated

2024-02-21

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Conditions

Smartphone Addiction, Temporomandibular Disorders

Keywords

TMJ disorders

Brief summary

Cross sectional study to investigate the relation between Smartphone addiction and temporomandibular disorders among youth population in Egypt. An online- based questionnaire study. A 296 participants who are Egyptians with age between18 and 35 years old without prior neck and upper extremity related diseases, orofacial trauma or surgeries, history of rheumatoid arthritis or congenital musculoskeletal problems. An online- based questionnaire will be sent through different social media platforms, it will include three screens, the first includes the consent form, the second includes the demographic data (year of birth, current educational status, gender and geographic information ), and the third page includes questionnaires .

Interventions

OTHERA web based survey

An online based questionnaire includes three screens, the first includes the consent form, the second includes the demographic data , and the third page includes questionnaires

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CROSSOVER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* both males and females adults * Their ages between18 and 35 years old * ability to use Smartphone

Exclusion criteria

* any neck and upper extremity related diseases * orofacial trauma or surgeries * history of Rheumatoid arthritis * congenital musculoskeletal problems.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Fonseca Anamnestic Index (FAI) questionnaire	2 months	a questionnaire used to assess the severity of TMD
Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short version (SAS-SV) questionnaire	2 months	a questionnaire used to measure the degree of smartphone addiction
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)	2 months	a questionnaire used to indicate the severity of depression

Contacts

Primary ContactNorhan Mohamed Eltayeb, MSc candidate

1400534@st.pt.cu.edu.eg01288053957

Backup Contactshimaa abdelhamid Altoury, assistant professor

Nour.alabed80@gmail.com00966531293018

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026