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Dental PROBE (Dental Practice suRvey of Office Blood Pressure mEasurement)

NCT ID: NCT01604200

Last Updated: 2013-08-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Brief Summary

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20% of Canadians are hypertensive with approximately 200,000 new cases each year. Early detection of hypertension affects outcomes, reducing the risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and dementia. Screening strategies are required to identify the more than one third of Canadians with unrolled high blood pressure, in particular, younger men unaware of their condition, women over sixty years old, and underserved groups.

A collaborative practice model linking dentists to other healthcare providers in a reporting network is a promising model for hypertension detection and management. There are 20,129 licensed dentists in Canada who graduate with the ability to measure blood pressure, and 74% of the population visits a dentist each year. This represents an opportunity, but information is required on Dental attitudes toward screening for hypertension before attempting to initiate a screening model. To engage dentists in hypertension detection requires an understanding of the practice environment and the factors that shape their beliefs, attitudes and behaviours regarding routine hypertension screening in their practices.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Focus of Study is on Dentist's Attitudes Toward BP Measures

Keywords

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hypertension dentistry blood pressure measurement screening qualitative research

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Dentists

Dentists in practice

focus group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

key informant review

Interventions

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focus group

key informant review

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Dentists in practice

Exclusion Criteria

* Unwilling to participate in study
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sheldon Tobe

Associate Professor Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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292-2011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id