Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT06352580 |
| Other study ID # |
COVID-19 Pediatric |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
March 1, 2022 |
| Est. completion date |
June 30, 2022 |
Study information
| Verified date |
April 2024 |
| Source |
Abant Izzet Baysal University |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Observational [Patient Registry]
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Clinical Trial Summary
Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 and causes severe respiratory
infection, poses a potential risk for dentists and patients during dental treatments. It is a
common situation during the pandemic period for parents of children needing dental treatment
to want to postpone their children's treatment due to Covid-19. This study aimed to evaluate
parents' concerns about their children's dentist appointments and ongoing dental treatments
in the presence of the quarantine imposed due to Covid-19 and the Covid-19 vaccines that have
started to be administered worldwide. In the study, an informative survey consisting of 26
questions was applied to determine how parents feel about the COVID-19 pandemic, how
concerned they are about their children's oral health and dental treatment plan, and the
changes caused by COVID-19 vaccination practices. The questions were created by 3 different
experienced dentists and analysed by 2 different experienced dentists. Questions 7 and 26
were repeated at the beginning and end of the survey to give the same question and answer
meaning. Thus, the reliability of the survey was tested.
Description:
This study was carried out on the parents of pediatric patients who applied to Bolu Abant
İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry between 2022
March and 2022 June. Ethical approval of the study was approved by Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal
University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Ethics Number 2022/12). In the study, an
informative survey consisting of 26 questions was applied to determine how parents feel about
the COVID-19 pandemic, how concerned they are about their children's oral health and dental
treatment plan, and the changes caused by COVID-19 vaccination practices (Table 1). It was
aimed to apply a survey to all parents of patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria after
ethics committee approval was obtained, provided that at least 400 participants were
provided.
Inclusion Criteria Being over 18 years old Volunteering for the study Being mentally healthy
Parents who apply to the paediatric dentistry clinic for the treatment of their child aged
0-14 years Being able to read and understand Turkish Being a citizen of the Republic of
Turkey Exclusion Criteria The patient is not accompanied by a parent Not being able to read
and understand Turkish Not volunteering for the study The questions were created by 3
different experienced dentists and analysed by 2 different experienced dentists. Participants
were asked questions such as their age, gender, city of residence, whether they had symptoms
related to COVID-19, whether they had received dental treatment, and whether they had been
vaccinated against COVID-19, and if so, which vaccine they preferred and why. In terms of the
reliability of the comprehensibility of the survey, Questions 7 and 26 were repeated at the
beginning and end of the survey to give the same question and answer meaning. Thus, the
reliability of the survey was tested.
Statistical Analysis In this study, the relationships between categorical data were analysed
by Pearson's Chi-squared Test when the sample size assumption was met (n<5) and by Fisher's
Exact test when it was not met. Multiple Chi-Square test was used to investigate the
relationship between multiple-choice questions. Analyses were performed in IBM SPSS 25
programme. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
