OHQoL of patients receiving community-based Psychiatric care in DCHS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Qualitative Assessment of Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Community-based Psychiatric care in North Derbyshire
IRAS ID
259790
Contact name
Jane Temple
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
DCHS2019-014, DCHS Sponsor number
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
As Special Care Dentists we frequently see and treat patients with varying degrees of mental illness. Research has shown that patients with mental illness have higher levels of dental disease and often do not access dental services until they have symptoms. They then present with acute dental pain or swelling, requiring extensive courses of treatment. Many of these individuals are already receiving treatment from the community psychiatry team therefore early identification of patients with mental illness presenting with dental disease may avoid acute presentation to our service and thus, improve their oral health related quality of life.
The research will be funded by a grant that was awarded by BSDH (British Society of Disabilty and Oral Health).
The Objectives will be to:
1. To define what Oral Health means to the cohort
2. Determine the Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHQoL) of patients receiving community based psychiatric care using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)
The study will explore the oral health related quality of life experience of patients receiving community based psychiatric care. Participants will be identified and recruited by the researchers at community-based out-patient psychiatric clinics in Derbyshire on a voluntary basis.
A qualitative interview will be conducted, starting with a general narrative questions to give participant an opportunity to talk about their experience of oral health. Depending on their response the questions will then be tailored to key themes raised using the Oral Health Impact Profile. The interview will last up to 45 minutes. The interviews will be transcribed and key themes identified. The results will be shared with the psychiatry team and the participant population. The results will be used to aid development of a robust care pathway between the psychiatry and special care dental team.REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EM/0043
Date of REC Opinion
31 Mar 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion