Attitudes of Caregivers, Knowledge of Caregivers, Oral Health Status of Alzheimer Patients, Practices of Caregivers
Conditions
Brief summary
A cross-sectional study to assess the relation between the knowledge, attitude and practices or caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients and the oral health status of these patients.
Detailed description
A cross-sectional study to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of care givers of Alzheimer's disease patients using a questionnaire as a tool and evaluating the oral health status of these patients by recording DMF scores and simplified oral hygiene index in order to assess if there is any correlation between those two variables
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
for caregivers: * all primary caregivers serving Alzheimer's disease patients. Inclusion criteria for Alzheimer's disease patients : \* all patients whose medical condition allows for an oral examination
Exclusion criteria
for caregivers: * caregivers who are not directly involved in the daily care * caregivers who refuse to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| knowledge , attitude and practices of primary caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients | Baseline | validated questionnaire to assess the KAP of caregivers of AD patients |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oral health status of AD patients | Baseline | measure the DMF index |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed