Presenting information on dental risk: PREFER study protocol for a randomised controlled trial involving patients receiving a dental check-up.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A new dental contract being tested in England places patients into traffic light categories according to risk (Red = High risk). This reflects health policy which emphasises patients' shared responsibility for their health, and a growing expectation that clinicians discuss health risk in consultations. Alongside this, there are technological developments such as scans and photographs which have generated new, vivid imagery which may be used to communicate risk information to patients. However, there is little evidence as to whether the form in which risk information is given is important.

Methods

The PREFER study is a pragmatic, multi-centre, three-arm, patient-level randomised controlled trial, based in four NHS dental practices, from which 400 high/medium risk

SUBMITTER: Harris R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6022252 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature