Treatment in urgent dental care: an ethnographic study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Oral and dental health, Primary sub-specialty: Oral and dental public health; UKCRC code/ Disease: Oral and Gastrointestinal/ Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands and jaws; Oral Health; Oral and dental health

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13646400
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Leeds

Brief Summary

2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32899670/ (added 09/04/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-06-22
• Study Completion: 2018-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 April 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 192

Inclusion Criteria

Patient Participant Inclusion Criteria:
1. Aged over 18 years
2. Attending an urgent NHS dental appointment
3. Able and willing to provide valid consent to participate in the research

Chaperone Participant Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged over18 years
2. In attendance during an urgent NHS dental appointment
3. Able and willing to provide valid consent to participate in the research

Clinician Participant Inclusion Criteria:
1. Registered with the GDC
2. Professional indemnity is in place and covers any activity undertaken during the course of this research, including any harm to participants in the conduct of the research
3. Willing to provide valid consent to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

Patient Participant Exclusion Criteria:
1. Currently experiencing severe or debilitating pain or distress
2. Attending for routine dental treatment
3. Attending for private dental treatment
4. Accompanied during their appointment by a chaperone who is a minor (< 18 years)
5. Accompanied during their appointment by a chaperone who is not able and willing to provide valid consent to participate in the research.

Clinician Participant Exclusion Criteria:
1. Provides only private dental treatment to adult patients
2. Currently subject to any condition on their registration (including from the NHS England Area Team and the General Dental Council). Any registrant who subsequently becomes subject to any condition during the course of the research will agree to notify the CI in a timely fashion.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified