Dental PROBE (Dental Practice suRvey of Office Blood Pressure mEasurement)
- Conditions
- Focus of Study is on Dentist's Attitudes Toward BP Measures
- Interventions
- Behavioral: focus group
- Registration Number
- NCT01604200
- Lead Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Brief Summary
20% of Canadians are hypertensive with approximately 200,000 new cases each year. Early detection of hypertension affects outcomes, reducing the risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and dementia. Screening strategies are required to identify the more than one third of Canadians with unrolled high blood pressure, in particular, younger men unaware of their condition, women over sixty years old, and underserved groups.
A collaborative practice model linking dentists to other healthcare providers in a reporting network is a promising model for hypertension detection and management. There are 20,129 licensed dentists in Canada who graduate with the ability to measure blood pressure, and 74% of the population visits a dentist each year. This represents an opportunity, but information is required on Dental attitudes toward screening for hypertension before attempting to initiate a screening model. To engage dentists in hypertension detection requires an understanding of the practice environment and the factors that shape their beliefs, attitudes and behaviours regarding routine hypertension screening in their practices.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Dentists in practice
- Unwilling to participate in study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Dentists focus group Dentists in practice
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada