A two-arm, randomised feasibility trial using link workers to improve dental visiting in people with severe mental illness: a protocol paper.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with severe mental illness (e.g. psychosis, bipolar disorder) experience poor oral health compared to the general population as shown by more decayed, missing and filled teeth and a higher prevalence of periodontal disease. Attending dental services allows treatment of oral health problems and support for prevention. However, people with severe mental illness face multiple barriers to attending routine dental appointments and often struggle to access care. Link work interventions use non-clinical support staff to afford vulnerable populations the capacity, opportunity, and motivation to navigate use of services. The authors have co-developed with service users a link work intervention for supporting people with severe mental illness to access routine dental appoin

SUBMITTER: Hilton C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10485965 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature