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A Pilot Project to Facilitate Dental Care and Reduce Barriers For Youth With Disabilities

ConditionIntellectual Disability, Variable
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age12-18
SponsorBoston University

About this trial

This randomized clinical trial is an innovative pilot project to determine the acceptance and impact of telehealth visits on youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their caregivers, and dentists. The impact of the telehealth visit will be assessed by: 1) determining if the intervention group was more likely to achieve the set goals and 2) Likert scaled surveys of satisfaction of caregivers and dentists. Qualitative data will be collected to inform improvement on clinical interviews by the dentist.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Have an appointment for a routine check up at the Pediatric Clinic or Pediatric Health Center at the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Diagnosis of Intellectual or developmental disability (IDD)

Have a caregiver who is willing to participate in the study

Have a dental provider who is willing to participate in the study

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Pre-Dental Telehealth (PDT)

    Behavioral

    The PDT will be a scripted telehealth interview 3-7 days before the scheduled dental visit to review medical and dental history, to evaluate the participants' needs for the dental visit, and to set an agreed goal for the dental visit using shared decision making. The goal wlll be one of the following: Goal 1: exam cleaning only, Goal 2: exam and cleaning, Goal 3: exam, radiographs, and cleaning.

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Pre-Dental Visit Telehealth InterviewExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Routine Dental VisitNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of participants who successfully completed the dental visit goal

This will be assessed by reviewing the goal set in the PDT and comparing it to what was done at the dental visit.

Time frame
within 1 week of the dental visit

Secondary outcomes

1

Caregiver satisfaction

This outcome will be assessed by analyzing the 10 Likert scale items from a 13-item investigator developed survey. Each off the 10 items is answered with a 5 response Likert scale \[Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither Disagree nor Agree, Agree, Strongly Agree\].

Time frame
within 1 week of the dental visit
2

Dentist satisfaction

This outcome will be assessed by analyzing the 10 Likert scale items from a 12-item investigator developed survey. Each off the 10 items is answered with a 5 response Likert scale \[Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither Disagree nor Agree, Agree, Strongly Agree\].

Time frame
within 1 week of the dental visit

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Boston University

Lead sponsor

Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Research Fund

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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