Children having dental treatment under Dental General Anaesthesia (DGA) Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
This study will be a long-term investigation that will use a multi-method, qualitative approach to gather information. The study will focus on understanding people's experiences and perspectives. Data
Sponsors
Cardiff University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The researchers will identify and recruit children and their parents/caregivers who are attending Cardiff Dental Hospital, Paediatric Dentistry Department and where the child has treatment planned to be carried out under a DGA as part of their care plan. Children: 1. Between 6-16 years old 2. Referred by their dentist for DGA assessment and attending for routine or urgent care 3. No restriction on their American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score 4. Parent considers that the child can understand enough to communicate verbally (should they choose to) for the interview 5. Can communicate in English or Arabic 6. Can provide permission for their parents to participate 7. Can sign an age-appropriate assent form Parents/caregivers: 1. Can be either the biological, step or adoptive parents, and must live with the child and have legal guardianship 2. Can read and communicate in English or Arabic 3. Can give informed written consent to participate 4. Have any type of mobile phone with a recorder function
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children: 1. Younger than 6 years old 2. Unable to understand English or Arabic 3. Unable or unwilling to provide permission to parents to take part in the study Parents/caregivers: 1. Cannot provide valid informed consent 2. Do not have a mobile phone with recording capabilities. if this is the case, they will be excluded only from stage 2 of the study, which involves longitudinal diary recording during the operation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The perceived quality of the communication and support provided for the families when their child is having dental treatment under general anaesthesia (DGA), measured qualitatively through interviews and collecting diaries from the parent before, during and after (up to a week) the planned operation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Recommendations for further research to enhance the support and communication to families while their child is undertaking DGA, measured during the analysis stage by assessing current research gaps and recommending evidence-based interventions to be designed and evaluated 2. The suitability of using longitudinal audio diaries (LADs) as a data collection method, measured during stage 2 of data collection by assessing the level of engagement and the frequency of the audio recording sent | — |
Countries
United Kingdom, Wales
Contacts
Public ContactWaraf Al-yaseen
Outcome results
None listed