Tobacco Dependence Treatment Education for Dental Students

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

This study determines if there is a difference in dental students' attitudes, perceived barriers, subjective norms, perceived skills, self-efficacy, intentions to provide cessation treatment, and cessation knowledge in those students receiving a tobacco cessation lecture along with practice sessions using standardized patients and those students receiving only a tobacco cessation lecture. The study determines if dental students' use of tobacco affects their intent to provide cessation treatment to patients, and if the time between receiving the lecture and participating in the practice sessions using standardized patients makes a difference in dental students' attitudes, perceived barriers, subjective norms. perceived skills, self-efficacy, intentions to provide cessation treatment, and cessation knowledge.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01522924

Run by

University of Louisville

People needed

94

Starts

2012-02-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• must be a first year dental student in Introduction to Clinical Dentistry I at the study institution
• volunteer to complete pre- and post-questionnaires concerning tobacco cessation treatment educational training.

You may not qualify if…

• subject does not complete pre- and post- questionnaires.

Where it is running

• University of Louisville School of Dentistry — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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