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Oral Cancer Screening Among Nursing Home Dentists in Ohio

NCT00526851 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2014-02-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Learning about oral cancer screening practices, knowledge, and opinions of Ohio nursing home dentists may help the study of oral cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying oral cancer screening among nursing home dentists in Ohio.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

survey administration

Nursing home dentists practicing in Ohio are contacted through a recruitment letter and are asked to respond to questions regarding oral cancer screening practices, knowledge of oral cancer detection, and opinions about oral cancer screening using a newly developed survey, which is based on parts of an existing, pre-tested instrument (Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Survey).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Suparna A. Mahalaha, DDS, MPH · Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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