Parental Satisfaction With Pediatric Dental Care at El Kasr El Einy

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Services Accessibility; Health Services Utilization; Patient Satisfaction; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Care for Children

Treatments: Other: Questioner interview

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07076875

10.11.23

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the barriers and unmet needs in utilizing dental services for children and measure parental satisfaction with the services provided at the Pediatric Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Full description

This observational study evaluates barriers to dental service utilization, unmet treatment needs, and parental satisfaction within the Pediatric Dentistry Department at Cairo University's Faculty of Dentistry. All participants will complete a validated, interviewer-administered Arabic questionnaire assessing Sociodemographic factors (income, education, insurance), access barriers (financial, geographic, systemic, psychosocial via nineteen-item Likert scale), unmet dental needs (DMFT index, untreated conditions from electronic health records), parental satisfaction (nine-item scale evaluating service quality, staff attitudes, waiting times, and facilities). The study aims to generate evidence for optimizing pediatric dental care delivery in Egypt's largest academic dental center.

Enrollment: 353 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of children aged 2 to 12 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Parents refuse to sign the informed consent

Trial design

353 participants in 1 patient group

parents of the patient from age 2 to 12 years old

Treatment:

Other: Questioner interview