The invasive dentistry - endocarditis association study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Infective endocarditisInfections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11684416
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Sheffield
- Brief Summary
2022 Funder report results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35642966/ results and plain language summary in Health Technology Assessment (added 08/06/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1483
Inclusion Criteria
1. All IE hospital admissions in England between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2016 recorded on the Hospital Episode Statistics database
2. All individuals within England who attended an NHS dentist for a check up or treatment between 1st April 2009 and 31st March 2016 and whose data is recorded on the NHS Business Services Dental Database
Exclusion Criteria
1. Individuals falling into the target population without a known NHS number
2. Individuals with missing or corrupt records
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) hospital admissions in the 3 months immediately following courses of dental treatment that includes an invasive dental procedure, coopered to the incidence of IE hospital admissions during later 3 month periods (3-6, 6-9 and 9-12 months after)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. The frequency of courses of dental treatment involving an invasive dental procedure (cases) before an IE diagnosis<br> 2. The frequency of course of dental treatment that did NOT involve an invasive dental procedure<br> The two outcomes are then compared.<br>