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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS) in Dentistry for SUS

12 mars 2021 mis à jour par: Mariana Minatel Braga, University of Sao Paulo

Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Solve the Repressed Demand for Primary Dental Care in the SUS Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of children had their dental care interrupted or postponed, generating a pent-up demand for primary care. In order to minimize the impact of this outage of face-to-face care, information and communication technologies could be an alternative and even likely to be envisioned within the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). In this sense, this study sought to show the impact of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the resolution of the pent-up demand for primary dental care to children in the SUS, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, proposing the use of telemonitoring, teleorientation and telescreening to resolve and address demands arising from this outage in primary elective care. The impact of the use of these strategies will be measured in terms of problem-solving, reduction of waiting time to resolve complaints and caregivers' perception about received care. For this, two clinical studies were designed and a primarily trial-based economic evaluation was planned. Mathematical models will be used to transpose these results into the reality of the SUS, in view of the State Health Secretariat of São Paulo and different Brazilian scenarios. Finally, the investigators also aim to study the possibility of implementing these technologies mentioned in the daily life of the SUS, even after a pandemic, and to check the possibility of incorporating and costing them, as well as exploring possible social impact and relationship with possible inequities in health.

Aperçu de l'étude

Description détaillée

Project Objectives:

This proposal has as a general objective to show the impact of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the resolution of the pent-up demand for primary dental care to children in the SUS, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To this do so, the following specific objectives are defined:

  1. To identify the pent-up demand for the outage of dental care and the benefits and difficulties, as well as the perception of users, in the implementation of new strategies of non-face-to-face care based on technology (teleservice), using a primary care cell unit for children and prospecting, through models, this situation for the scenario of the Unified Health System (SUS).
  2. Perform different forms of economic evaluation to measure whether the gains achieved with the implementation of teleservice (telescreening, teleorientation and telemonitoring) compensate for the additional costs possibly associated with it, or whether teleservice modalities are associated with long-term resource savings, taking into account the implementation sized for the Brazilian public health system.
  3. Explore how the introduction of these technologies could benefit the SUS in the trans and post-pandemic period, contribute to the correction of possible inequities in health care and other social aspects, as well as result in possible differences when different Brazilian scenarios are explored.

Type d'étude

Interventionnel

Inscription (Anticipé)

368

Phase

  • N'est pas applicable

Contacts et emplacements

Cette section fournit les coordonnées de ceux qui mènent l'étude et des informations sur le lieu où cette étude est menée.

Coordonnées de l'étude

  • Nom: Mariana M Braga, PhD
  • Numéro de téléphone: 55 11 30917835
  • E-mail: mmbraga@usp.br

Sauvegarde des contacts de l'étude

Lieux d'étude

      • São Paulo, Brésil, 05508000
        • Recrutement
        • University of Sao Paulo
        • Contact:
          • Mariana Minatel Braga, Phd
          • Numéro de téléphone: 992014818
          • E-mail: mmbraga@usp.br
        • Contact:
          • Maria Eduarda Franco Viganó, Graduation
          • Numéro de téléphone: (11)99518-1964
          • E-mail: maria.vigano@usp.br

Critères de participation

Les chercheurs recherchent des personnes qui correspondent à une certaine description, appelée critères d'éligibilité. Certains exemples de ces critères sont l'état de santé général d'une personne ou des traitements antérieurs.

Critère d'éligibilité

Âges éligibles pour étudier

3 ans à 13 ans (Enfant)

Accepte les volontaires sains

Oui

Sexes éligibles pour l'étude

Tout

La description

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children from 3 to 13 years old who are involved in clinical studies and who already undergo follow-up from 6 to 60 months in the mobile dental unit.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Guardian´s participants) who do not accept to participate in the research and if participants accept.
  • Children who do not assent with participation in the research (when already literate). - For children aged 3 to 6 years, included in the research, the waiver of the need to fill out the term of free and informed assent was requested, considering that these children are not literate and would not be able to write, to assent with the participation. t

Plan d'étude

Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.

Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?

Détails de conception

  • Objectif principal: Soins de soutien
  • Répartition: Randomisé
  • Modèle interventionnel: Affectation parallèle
  • Masquage: Tripler

Armes et Interventions

Groupe de participants / Bras
Intervention / Traitement
Expérimental: Intervention
In the intervention group there will be the application of the intervention - use of telemonitoring and teleorientation applied to children in primary care in Dentistry.
Teleservice will be performed through a digital platform (Video for Health" - V4H). The service will consist of: a) recognition of the condition identified in the pandemic period, including updates on medical history, current oral health condition, search for dental care in other units, need for referral, change of hygiene habits, b) realization of diet guidance, hygiene and other necessary habits, made from a situational recognition of such habits, c) targeting the needs presented, in which individualized counselling will be given seeking to meet the demand presented by that family nucleus. A dental form developed on the digital platform Google Forms will serve as a guide for the performance of the service and where the collected data will be formally recorded. The guidelines, although individualized for the needs of each child, will follow a pre-defined and standardized structure and based on the best evidence available in the subject.
Comparateur actif: Waiting list
In the control group, children waiting to be booked to the intervention (in implementation in the unit because of the pandemic) will be evaluated for the outcomes. Only after the evaluation, the control group's children will be invited to perform the teleconsultation (proposed intervention).
No intervention (at least, until the time frame for outcome assessment)

Que mesure l'étude ?

Principaux critères de jugement

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Family/patient´s perception about the dental care
Délai: 2 weeks after intervention (or one week of waiting - in the case of the control group)

Evaluation of the quality of dental care to be measured by the SERVQUAL questionnaire (a multi-dimensional research instrument) - total of 22 items and 5 dimensions, comprising 4 items to capture tangibles, 5 items to capture reliability, 4 items for responsiveness, 4 items for assurance and 5 items to capture empathy.

A total of 100 points is allocated among the five dimensions. The participants evaluate the degree to which they perceived the proposed service. To identify participants' perceptions, one item asked, "How do you feel about these service attributes that are already provided?", which was scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale of "very bad (1)" to "very good (5)."

2 weeks after intervention (or one week of waiting - in the case of the control group)

Mesures de résultats secondaires

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Increment in caries experience since the interruption of dental care
Délai: 1 year after intervention
Clinical examination focused using dmft and DMFT indices and comparison to those. An previously recorded in participant´s records, resulting in the difference between the indices between these moments (DMFT+dmft final - DMFT+dmft when treatment was interrupted). An examiner unaware of baseline conditions will assess these indices.
1 year after intervention
Increment or changes in the needs for dental treatment
Délai: 1 year after intervention
Clinical examination focused in detecting if there is need for dental treatment or not (including untreated caries, need for restoration repair, need of gingival or periodontal treatment, need for extractions for any reason). An examiner unware of baseline conditions will assess such needs.
1 year after intervention
Demand resolution after intervention
Délai: 2 weeks after intervention
Interview for checking about the resolution of demands pointed out during the baseline consultation.
2 weeks after intervention
Need for reorientation about oral hygiene
Délai: 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after intervention
Interview for checking doubts about oral hygiene and checklist of items to be accomplished during oral hygiene demonstrated by child. An external examiner will evaluate all listed items. In case of any one is not checked, the need of reorientation is considered.
2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after intervention
Perception of caregivers regarding primary care and dental care.
Délai: 2 weeks after intervention
Semi-structured interviews, applied with guided questions to try to assess participants' and parents' perception, as well as potential barriers and facilitators associated with dental care during the pandemic period with the caregivers of the children who followed the teleservice. For this, individual interviews will be recorded and transcribed.
2 weeks after intervention

Collaborateurs et enquêteurs

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Les enquêteurs

  • Chercheur principal: Mariana M Braga, PhD, USP

Publications et liens utiles

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Dates d'enregistrement des études

Ces dates suivent la progression des dossiers d'étude et des soumissions de résultats sommaires à ClinicalTrials.gov. Les dossiers d'étude et les résultats rapportés sont examinés par la Bibliothèque nationale de médecine (NLM) pour s'assurer qu'ils répondent à des normes de contrôle de qualité spécifiques avant d'être publiés sur le site Web public.

Dates principales de l'étude

Début de l'étude (Réel)

1 décembre 2020

Achèvement primaire (Anticipé)

30 juin 2021

Achèvement de l'étude (Anticipé)

30 juin 2022

Dates d'inscription aux études

Première soumission

8 mars 2021

Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

12 mars 2021

Première publication (Réel)

15 mars 2021

Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude

Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)

15 mars 2021

Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

12 mars 2021

Dernière vérification

1 mars 2021

Plus d'information

Termes liés à cette étude

Autres numéros d'identification d'étude

  • TeleDent-COVID19

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