Determining Chewing Performance Level in Children

Hacettepe University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chewing Problem

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04407455

Chewing performance level

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will investigate to verify whether pediatric dentists could determine chewing performance level by using Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale in children.

Full description

The KCPS was developed by physical therapists who had expertise in pediatric swallowing disorders. This scale could be used as a practical tool to define chewing disorders as a common language for professionals due to its quick and easy to use features. However, its reliability in other professions has not been verified. The study will investigate to verify whether pediatric dentists could determine chewing performance level by using Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale in children.

Enrollment

97 patients

Sex

All

Ages

2 to 12 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Typical developing children
Children with cerebral palsy (CP)
Above the age of 2 years

Exclusion criteria

Children who were under the age of 2 years
Who used any medicine and/or oral appliances that may affect chewing performance
Who had a previous evaluation of chewing function and received any chewing training