Clinical trial NCT05454384: Consultation Contents of an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic
Official title: Evaluation of Consultation Contents Directed From a University Training and Research Hospital to an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Referral and Consultation
Keywords: Consultation, Dentistry
Forensic Odontology
Oncology
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Lead sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-12
Enrollment: 178
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Medical records of patients who applied to Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Medicine, Training and Research Hospital departments with the need for treatment were consulted with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery clinic of the same institution.

Brief summary: This study aimed to evaluate conditions and indications in which a training and research hospital directs outpatient and inpatient consultations to an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic and consider the expectations of physicians in the treatment and management of various conditions.

Detailed description: The patients' consultation forms referred from the clinics and inpatient services of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, between January 2013 and January 2022 were included in the current study via Enlil-Hospital Information Management System (Eskişehir, Turkey).

The consultation forms which were referred within the same institution or from the external institutions with written consultation notes and the patients with missing demographic data or consultation reports were excluded from the study.

The specific variables such as age, gender, the department in which consultations were requested, and for what purpose the patients were consulted were recorded and classified. During the patient management and treatment process, the responses given to the consultations by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) clinic, the physicians' recommendations, the patient management, and the treatments applied were classified and recorded for statistical analyses.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The patients' consultation forms were referred from the clinics and inpatient services of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the same affiliation.

Exclusion Criteria:

* The consultation forms which were referred within the same institution or from the external institutions with written consultation notes and the patients with missing demographic data or consultation reports

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reasons for Requesting Consultations
timeFrame: After completion of data collection, up to 3 weeks.
measure: The Applied Treatments and Procedures
timeFrame: After completion of data collection, up to 3 weeks.
measure: Notable Consultation Requests
timeFrame: After completion of data collection, up to 3 weeks.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
name: Sefa Çolak, AssistProfDr
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Sippli K, Rieger MA, Huettig F. GPs' and dentists' experiences and expectations of interprofessional collaboration: findings from a qualitative study in Germany. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Mar 7;17(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2116-4.
citation: Avon SL. Forensic odontology: the roles and responsibilities of the dentist. J Can Dent Assoc. 2004 Jul-Aug;70(7):453-8.