Oral Pathology Asynchronous Telementoring Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Oral Cancer
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Enrollment
- 51
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Percentage of Dental Patients Who Strongly Agreed or Agreed That the Use of an Intra-Oral Camera By Their Dentists Helped Them to Better Understand Oral Cancer Screening
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of the proposed research project is to evaluate and enhance the feasibility and acceptability of integrating a tele-mentoring component into the identification of oral lesions at the 6 dental clinics of Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (FHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Brooklyn, NY.
Detailed Description
The tele-mentoring intervention involves training dental faculty members and residents to use intraoral cameras to take photographs of oral lesions and place them in the Dentrix electronic health record (EHR), along with descriptions of the lesions. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study will evaluate and enhance the feasibility and acceptability of integrating a tele-mentoring component into the identification of oral lesions at the 6 FHC dental clinics.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Dental patients will be eligible for study participation if they meet the following criteria:
- •Greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
- •Live in any of the 5 boroughs of New York, NY and visit a participating FHC dental clinic for routine dental care.
- •Able and willing to provide informed consent, have their oral lesion(s) photograph(s) and accompanying data entered into the Dentrix EHR, and participate in an exit interview.
- •Dental providers will be eligible for study participation if they meet the following criteria:
- •Greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
- •Be employed as a dentist or placed as a dental resident at a participating FHC dental clinic.
- •Able and willing to provide informed consent and participate in feasibility testing (provider survey or semi-structured interview).
Exclusion Criteria
- •Dental patients will be excluded from study participation if they meet the following criteria:
- •Have an acute or terminal illness or a serious mental illness or any other severe health condition(s) that might preclude visiting an oral health care provider.
- •Are currently participating in another oral health study.
- •Dental providers will be excluded from study participation if they meet the following criteria:
- •Have an acute or terminal illness or a serious mental illness or any other severe health condition(s) that might preclude them from completing the feasibility testing.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Percentage of Dental Patients Who Strongly Agreed or Agreed That the Use of an Intra-Oral Camera By Their Dentists Helped Them to Better Understand Oral Cancer Screening
Time Frame: At the end of the dental appointment, 30-45 minutes
Consented patients will be asked to complete a brief Patient Exit Survey (5 statements) at the end of their dental appointments after being screened for oral cancer lesions using an intraoral camera. Responses to the second statement are reported for this outcome measure. The statement is scored on a Likert Scale from 1 - Strongly Disagree to 5 - Strongly Agree.
Percentage of Dental Patients Who Strongly Agreed or Agreed That Dentists Answered Their Questions About Oral Cancer and Were Able to Provide Them With Resources
Time Frame: At the end of the dental appointment, 30-45 minutes
Consented patients will be asked to complete a brief Patient Exit Survey (5 statements) at the end of their dental appointments after being screened for oral cancer lesions using an intraoral camera. Responses to the fourth statement are reported for this outcome measure. The statement is scored on a Likert Scale from 1 - Strongly Disagree to 5 - Strongly Agree.
Secondary Outcomes
- Percentage of Dental Providers Who Reported Successfully Providing the Tele-Mentoring Intervention(At the end of the dental appointment, 30-45 minutes)
- Percentage of Dental Providers Who Reported That The Process Was Clear and Straightforward(At the end of the dental appointment, 30-45 minutes)