TY - JOUR

T1 - Improving Oral Health care Using Academic Detailing - Reproducibility and Scalability of the Added Value for Oral Care Field Studies Approach

AU - Rosing, Kasper

AU - Baâdoudi, Fatiha

AU - Duijster, Denise

AU - van der Heijden, Geert

AU - Ali, Fatima Muridi

AU - Maskrey, Neal

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Objectives: A proof-of-concept study has shown that the Added Value for Oral Care (ADVOCATE) Field Studies approach (academic detailing with feedback data) is considered a feasible, useful, and acceptable way to motivate general dental practitioners (GDPs) to reflect on and, if required, change their oral health-care delivery. The aims of this proof-of-principle study were to test whether such results were reproducible and to reach consensus among stakeholders on recommendations for wider implementation. Methods: Eleven groups of GDPs were recruited in 6 countries (Denmark, England Germany, Hungary, Ireland, and The Netherlands). Each group had 3 academic detailing meetings, being stimulated by feedback data. Focus group interviews were held to evaluate the reproducibility of the Field Studies approach. A World Café session explored suggestions for the wider implementation of the approach. Results: Replicable results on feasibility, acceptability, and usefulness of the Field Studies approach were seen; 7 out of 9 themes identified in the proof-of-concept study were validated. Directed content analyses identified that adjustments to procedures to collect and present feedback data were desirable. Overall, the approach can stimulate GDPs to reflect on and change aspects of their oral health-care delivery. Conclusions: The Field Studies approach, after some adjustments to data collection procedures, is ready for further testing in larger studies.

AB - Objectives: A proof-of-concept study has shown that the Added Value for Oral Care (ADVOCATE) Field Studies approach (academic detailing with feedback data) is considered a feasible, useful, and acceptable way to motivate general dental practitioners (GDPs) to reflect on and, if required, change their oral health-care delivery. The aims of this proof-of-principle study were to test whether such results were reproducible and to reach consensus among stakeholders on recommendations for wider implementation. Methods: Eleven groups of GDPs were recruited in 6 countries (Denmark, England Germany, Hungary, Ireland, and The Netherlands). Each group had 3 academic detailing meetings, being stimulated by feedback data. Focus group interviews were held to evaluate the reproducibility of the Field Studies approach. A World Café session explored suggestions for the wider implementation of the approach. Results: Replicable results on feasibility, acceptability, and usefulness of the Field Studies approach were seen; 7 out of 9 themes identified in the proof-of-concept study were validated. Directed content analyses identified that adjustments to procedures to collect and present feedback data were desirable. Overall, the approach can stimulate GDPs to reflect on and change aspects of their oral health-care delivery. Conclusions: The Field Studies approach, after some adjustments to data collection procedures, is ready for further testing in larger studies.

KW - Academic detailing

KW - General dental practitioner

KW - Implementation

KW - Oral health care

KW - Quality improvement

U2 - 10.1016/j.jebdp.2020.101474

DO - 10.1016/j.jebdp.2020.101474

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 33303101

AN - SCOPUS:85093983539

VL - 20

JO - Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice

JF - Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice

SN - 1532-3382

IS - 4

M1 - 101474

ER -