Status:
COMPLETED
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Oral Care
Lead Sponsor:
Radboud University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
The health Care Insurance Board (CVZ)
Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentsitry and Centre of Quality of Care Research (WOK)
Conditions:
Tooth, Impacted
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
EARLY_PHASE1
Brief Summary
Background: Routine oral examination (ROE) refers to periodic monitoring of the general and oral health status of patients. In most developed Western countries a decreasing prevalence of oral diseases...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- GDPs inclusion criteria
- GDPs have to work in general dental practice for at least three days/week and should have practice experience for at least three years. They were eligible if their practice population was characterised by primary oral care patients, consisting of regular attendees, and patient recordkeeping was conducted electronically. GDPs had to give their informed consent to assess and evaluate electronically patient records. Patient data were collected anonymously.
- Patient's inclusion criteria
- To be eligible for inclusion, patients should meet (fulfil) several criteria, depending on the IQual's CPG to be used (ROE or MIM):
- ROE:
- All patients regularly visiting their dentist (at least once a year) over the past three years for ROEs will be included in the study.
- MIM:
- All patients regularly visiting their dentist (at least once a year) over the past three years for ROEs are included for the study and, in addition, have to be aged between 17 and 35 years, with disease-free impacted mandibular third molars in retention.
- For both group of patients, it is important that they can be linked particular to the participating GDP, especially in practices with more than one GDP occupied
Exclusion
- Patient's exclusion criteria
- ROE:
- Patients with symptomatic driven (emergency) attendance in dental practice, or recently started regular attendance in the participating dental practice (within past three years).
- MIM:
- Patients with symptomatic third molars in dental practice, or recently started regular attendance (past three years) or who already had their third molars removed.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
1161 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00618215
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2007
Last Update
February 19 2008
Active Locations (1)
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University Medical Centre St Radboud
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6500 HB