Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Computer-Assisted Guidance for Tobacco Dependence Interventions in Dental Offices
Brief Summary: Electronic dental records (EDR) are a potentially powerful tool to incorporate current scientific evidence into clinical practice by providing key information at the point of patient care. The investigators know that disseminating evidence-based guidelines is not sufficient to change clinical practice so innovative approaches need to be tested in dentistry. The composite expertise of the investigators and consultants on this project and a large group practice with multiple clinics utilizing one EDR are essential to address the aims of this study. This project will examine whether dentists and hygienists will assess interest in quitting and deliver a tobacco intervention more frequently when provided with computer assisted guidance compared to a control group. Specifically the investigators will measure the delivery of questions assessing willingness to change and appropriate interventions based on willingness to change by measuring the recording of these activities in the EDR and patient receipt of these recommendations through a phone survey. In addition, the study will do a qualitative assessment of the patient perceived value of the provider-patient encounter to further inform us about patient perception of this interaction. The investigators want to know if dental providers will utilize these tools during the dental encounter. If they are used, the investigators would propose further studies examining smoking cessation rates. The investigators were not able to measure cessation rates due to the short two year timeline of this funding mechanism. This tool has potential application for other clinical topics, which makes this approach very innovative when considering the translation of evidence into the unique clinical practice of dentistry.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Control (Usual care); Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Tobacco Cessation Tool (CATI Tool); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: CATI Tool | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: CATI Tool; Assigned to Arm(s): Tobacco Cessation Tool (CATI Tool)
B: Arm Label: Obesity prevention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Obesity Prevention | Arm Label: Tobacco prevention; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Tobacco Prevention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Obesity Prevention; Assigned to Arm(s): Obesity prevention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Tobacco Prevention; Assigned to Arm(s): Tobacco prevention
C: Arm Label: Intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: SMOKELESS TOBACCO AWARENESS PROGRAM | Arm Label: Control; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: SMOKELESS TOBACCO AWARENESS PROGRAM; Assigned to Arm(s): Intervention
D: Arm Label: Electronic Referrals; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Electronic Referral | Arm Label: Routine Referral; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Electronic Referral; Assigned to Arm(s): Electronic Referrals

Answer: A