Consultation Contents of an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic

Completed

• Conditions: Referral and Consultation
• Interventions: Other: Medical Record Examination

• Registration Number: NCT05454384
• Lead Sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to evaluate conditions and indications in which a training and research hospital directs outpatient and inpatient consultations to an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic and consider the expectations of physicians in the treatment and management of various conditions.

Detailed Description

The patients' consultation forms referred from the clinics and inpatient services of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, between January 2013 and January 2022 were included in the current study via Enlil-Hospital Information Management System (Eskişehir, Turkey).

The consultation forms which were referred within the same institution or from the external institutions with written consultation notes and the patients with missing demographic data or consultation reports were excluded from the study.

The specific variables such as age, gender, the department in which consultations were requested, and for what purpose the patients were consulted were recorded and classified. During the patient management and treatment process, the responses given to the consultations by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) clinic, the physicians' recommendations, the patient management, and the treatments applied were classified and recorded for statistical analyses.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-01
• Study Completion: 2022-05
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 178

Inclusion Criteria

• The patients' consultation forms were referred from the clinics and inpatient services of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the same affiliation.

Exclusion Criteria

• The consultation forms which were referred within the same institution or from the external institutions with written consultation notes and the patients with missing demographic data or consultation reports

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Neonatology	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Neonatology
Forensic Medicine	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Forensic Medicine
Oncology	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Oncology
Otorhinolaryngology	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Other Departments	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Departments such as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gastroenterology, Palliative Care, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.
Neurology and Neurosurgery	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Pediatrics	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine	Medical Record Examination	The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Emergency Medicine

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reasons for Requesting Consultations	After completion of data collection, up to 3 weeks.	The contents of the consultation requests were classified.
The Applied Treatments and Procedures	After completion of data collection, up to 3 weeks.	The diagnosis and applied treatments and of the consulted patients in the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic were analyzed.
Notable Consultation Requests	After completion of data collection, up to 3 weeks.	The departments' consultation requests that frequently refer patients were analyzed regarding demographic variables, applied treatments, and examinations.