Patients’ preference in anaesthetic type for tooth extractions
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patients’ preference in anaesthetic modality for tooth extractions
IRAS ID
250446
Contact name
Bosun Hong
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
In the United Kingdom, a large number of tooth extractions, including wisdom tooth extractions, are performed under general anaesthesia (GA), despite the research evidence supporting the use of successful, cheaper and safer techniques alternative to GA. GA is associated with unfavourable risks, and rarely, death, as well as longer waiting time and higher cost compared with local anaesthesia (LA) with or without sedation.\n\nRegional research on this topic found that the anaesthetic type patients receive for tooth extractions vary markedly between institutions due to reasons unexplained by clinical factors. In England, approximately 70% of all adults would feel some level of anxiety about having a tooth drilled or about having an injection. This does not, however, mean that everyone in this group requires GA for tooth extractions. Patients’ views on which factors of treatment are important to them and how they trade off these factors have not been evaluated.\n\nIn light of this, we propose to conduct research to evaluate patients’ preferences for anaesthetic modalities for tooth extractions, using discrete choice experiments (DCEs). Our aim of the proposed research in this protocol is to determine the attributes associated with patient choice in each anaesthetic type for tooth extractions through qualitative interviews.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/YH/0427
Date of REC Opinion
25 Oct 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion