Scoping review of fidelity strategies used in behaviour change trials delivered in primary dental care settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary dental care settings are strategically important locations where randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of behaviour change interventions (BCIs) can be tested to tackle oral diseases. Findings have so far produced equivocal results. Improving treatment fidelity is posed as a mechanism to improve scientific rigour, consistency and implementation of BCIs. The National Institutes of Health Behaviour Change Consortium (NIH BCC) developed a tool to assess and evaluate treatment fidelity in health behaviour change interventions, which has yet to be applied to the primary dental care BCI literature.

Method

We conducted a scoping review of RCTs delivered in primary dental care by dental team members (in real-world settings) between 1980 and 2023. Eligible studies wer

SUBMITTER: Lowers V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653899 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature