Can a Low-threshold Check-up Motivate Older People to Schedule a Dental Visit?
Can a Low-threshold Check-up Motivate Older People to Schedule a Dental Visit? A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Overview
Detailed Description
The intervention group will be provided with tools to facilitate dental contact and will be informed about the importance of regular dental visits. Participants are given the opportunity to receive an oral examination. Afterwards, each participant will receive brochures with oral hygiene instructions to take home. Participants will receive information about any identified oral pathology. A referral letter for the dentist and a report for the general practitioner will also be prepared to increase social influence. If the participant doesn't have a dentist, the participant will receive a list of contact information for dentists in the area.
In the control group, no oral examination will be performed. However, participants will be given a list of nearby dentists and flyers with oral hygiene instructions.
In this way, we want to find out whether the presence of a dental professional with tailored advice is crucial to motivate an elderly person to good oral care.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Aster De Vleeschauwer
- Phone Number: +32470475369
- Email: aster.devleeschauwer@ugent.be
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Barbara Janssens
- Phone Number: +32473615130
- Email: barbarae.janssens@ugent.be
Study Locations
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Gent, Belgium, 9000
- Recruiting
- UGent
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Contact:
- Aster De Vleeschauwer
- Email: aster.devleeschauwer@ugent.be
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Principal Investigator:
- Barbara barbarae.janssens@ugent.be, Prof. dr.
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion criteria:
- 65 years of age or older
- home-dwelling within the selected regions (ELZ RITS en ELZ Scheldekracht)
- Dutch speaking
- no dental check-up in the last 12 months
- sufficient cognitive ability to answer the questions
Exclusion criteria:
- Failure to meet inclusion criteria
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention Group
The intervention group will be provided with tools to facilitate dental contact and will be informed about the importance of regular dental visits.
Participants are given the opportunity to receive an oral examination.
Afterwards, each participant will receive brochures with oral hygiene instructions to take home.
Participants will receive information about any identified oral pathology.
A referral letter for the dentist and a report for the general practitioner will also be prepared to increase social influence.
If the participant doesn't have a dentist, the participant will receive a list of contact information for dentists in the area.
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The participants in the intervention group will receive an oral examination.
Subsequently, information about any identified problem will be given.
Lastly, participants will receive a referral letter for their dentist and a report for the general practitioner.
If the participants don't have a regular dentist, they will also be given a list with contact information of dentists in the area.
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No Intervention: Control Group
In the control group, no oral examination will be performed.
However, participants will be given a list of nearby dentists and flyers with oral hygiene instructions.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Contacted a dentist
Time Frame: 4 months
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Number of participants that have contacted a dentist within 4 months.
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4 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Barbara Janssens, University Ghent
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- GerodentPLUS1
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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