Dental Emergencies Among Patients of the Health Care Access Center at the University Hospital of Nancy

Recruiting

• Conditions: Community Dentistry; Emergencies

• Registration Number: NCT06507540
• Lead Sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Brief Summary

The dental Health Care Access Center at the University Hospital of Nancy opened in January 2023. The patients ot the dental Health Care Access Center consulting the dental department have largely been treated as dental emergencies. However, to date, no study has been carried out into the nature of these patients' consultations or treatments. This new patient management has necessitated adaptations within the dental department, but there are no data to enable us to better understand and organize the care of these patients. Moreover, the cost of dental emergencies has not been estimated.

Our hypotheses are that patients of the dental Health Care Access Center consulted mainly the dental departement for painful emergencies and that the emergency dental cares were provided rapidly and at low cost. On the other hand, patient flow was probably correlated with the days when a social worker of the dental Health Care Access Center was present, referring patients to the dental department.

The main aim of the study is to describe the nature of emergency dental care provided to patients of the dental Health Care Access Center at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy.

The secondary objectives are: i) to describe the temporality of dental emergency consultations for patients of the dental Health Care Access Center, ii) to describe the rate of dental consultations secondary to an initial emergency consultation, and iii) describe the direct cost of emergency consultations and treatment.

Detailed Description

In France, the Health Care Access Center are gateway medical and social services for people who need healthcare but have difficulty accessing it due to lack of social protection, living conditions or financial difficulties. They provide access to medical and dental consultations. The development of dental Health Care Access Center across France is helping to improve the territorial coverage of primary care services. Consultations, diagnostic and treatments are provided free of charge to patients of the Health Care Access Center.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-18
• Study Start: 2024-07-22
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-21
• Primary Completion: 2024-09
• Study Completion: 2024-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients from the dental Health Care Access Center who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy from 1st January 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient who has objected to the use of his or her medical data

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dental care reported in the medical record	18 months	Types of emergency dental care parformed among patients referred by the Health Care Access Center at the dental service of the University Hospital of Nancy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Follow-up	18 months	Number and delay of dental consultations in the dental service following an initial emergency consultation
Costs	18 months	Cost of consultations and treatments performed at the dental service
Days of dental emergencies	18 months	Month and day of the week of emergency consultations for patients of the dental Health Care Access Center

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHRU Nancy; 🇫🇷 Nancy, France