Clinical trial NCT06507540: Dental Emergencies Among Patients of the Health Care Access Center at the University Hospital of Nancy
Official title: Dental Emergencies Among Patients of the Health Care Access Center at the University Hospital of Nancy
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Community Dentistry
Emergencies
Keywords: Dentistry
Dental care
Lead sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-18
Enrollment: 350
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All patients from the dental Health Care Access Center who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy

Brief summary: The dental Health Care Access Center at the University Hospital of Nancy opened in January 2023. The patients ot the dental Health Care Access Center consulting the dental department have largely been treated as dental emergencies. However, to date, no study has been carried out into the nature of these patients' consultations or treatments. This new patient management has necessitated adaptations within the dental department, but there are no data to enable us to better understand and organize the care of these patients. Moreover, the cost of dental emergencies has not been estimated.

Our hypotheses are that patients of the dental Health Care Access Center consulted mainly the dental departement for painful emergencies and that the emergency dental cares were provided rapidly and at low cost. On the other hand, patient flow was probably correlated with the days when a social worker of the dental Health Care Access Center was present, referring patients to the dental department.

The main aim of the study is to describe the nature of emergency dental care provided to patients of the dental Health Care Access Center at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy.

The secondary objectives are: i) to describe the temporality of dental emergency consultations for patients of the dental Health Care Access Center, ii) to describe the rate of dental consultations secondary to an initial emergency consultation, and iii) describe the direct cost of emergency consultations and treatment.

Detailed description: In France, the Health Care Access Center are gateway medical and social services for people who need healthcare but have difficulty accessing it due to lack of social protection, living conditions or financial difficulties. They provide access to medical and dental consultations. The development of dental Health Care Access Center across France is helping to improve the territorial coverage of primary care services. Consultations, diagnostic and treatments are provided free of charge to patients of the Health Care Access Center.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients from the dental Health Care Access Center who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy from 1st January 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient who has objected to the use of his or her medical data

Primary outcomes:
measure: Dental care reported in the medical record
timeFrame: 18 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Days of dental emergencies
timeFrame: 18 months
measure: Follow-up
timeFrame: 18 months
measure: Costs
timeFrame: 18 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nancy
country: France
facility: CHRU Nancy
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