Exploring Nudging Strategies to Encourage Rectangular Collimation in Pediatric Dental Practice
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 6,473
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Behavioral Change
研究概览
简要总结
This project aims to investigate whether simple behavioural interventions, such as pictorial framing and traffic-light-color-coding, can positively influence pediatric dentists' decision-making in adopting rectangular collimation over round collimation for dental radiographs taken in clinical practice.
详细描述
- Introduction Dental radiographs are essential in diagnosing oral conditions in pediatric patients. Despite the availability of rectangular collimation as a recommended radiation safety measure, many pediatric dentists continue to use round collimation, which results in unnecessary radiation exposure. This study explores whether nudging strategies-such as pictorial framing and traffic-light color coding-can influence pediatric dentists' decision-making to encourage the adoption of rectangular collimation.
- Research Objectives
This study aims to:
Educate pediatric dentists on the benefits of rectangular collimation over round collimation.
Assess current collimation practices among pediatric dentists. Evaluate whether behavioral nudging strategies influence pediatric dentists' willingness to adopt rectangular collimation. 3. Study Hypothesis Null Hypothesis: Nudging strategies (pictorial framing and traffic-light color coding) have no impact on pediatric dentists' willingness to adopt rectangular collimation.
Alternative Hypothesis: The implementation of nudging strategies positively influences pediatric dentists to use rectangular collimation. 4. Methodology Study Design
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •active members of American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
排除标准
- •pre and post doctoral students and affiliated members
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Control Arm receives only didactic information and no nudges
Pictorial Framing
Written information is supplemented with pictorial nudges.
干预措施: Pictorial Framing (Behavioral)
Traffic Light Color Coding
Written information is supplemented with traffic light colour coding nudges.
干预措施: Traffic Light Color Coding Framing (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Behavioral Change
时间窗: Day 1
The primary outcome of this study is the change in pediatric dentists' reported willingness to adopt rectangular collimation based on the nudging strategies employed. Specifically, the study will measure whether pictorial framing and traffic-light-color-coding influence the likelihood of adopting rectangular collimation in clinical practice. Responses collected in 10 point visual analog scale will be compared for effectiveness of each nudging strategy individually in promoting behavior change and mean scores will be compared across all groups.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Varsha Lal
Principle Investigator
University of Toronto