Patient Values and Preferences for Managing Acute Dental Pain Elicited through Online Deliberation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient values and preferences (PVP) are among multiple sources of information panelists synthesize when developing clinical practice guidelines (CPG). Patient and public involvement (PPI) can be critical for learning PVP; however, the methodology for engaging patients in CPG development is lacking. Deliberative engagement is effective for obtaining public views on complex topics that require people to consider ethics, values, and competing perspectives.

Objective

Elicit comprehensive understanding of PVP concerning oral analgesics for managing acute dental pain consecutive to toothache and simple and surgical dental extractions, with consideration of associated outcomes, both desirable and undesirable.

Methods

Multistage engagement involving 2 electronic

SUBMITTER: Dawson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10871022 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature