Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
BMJ Open. 2019 Aug 2;9(8):e028792. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028792.
Combined efforts to encompass different aspects of tobacco control have been in place for some time. Despite the recognition of the need to offer support to tobacco users to quit tobacco use, such support remains highly inadequate in India. However, little is known about the practice of oral health professionals (OHP) and the experiences and expectations of dental patients in the context of tobacco cessation (TC) services. In this article, we describe the protocol of a doctoral research project that explores OHPs and their patients in an Indian city. The aims are (A) to understand the functioning of the oral healthcare system towards TC and what changes to it will be needed to benefit TC and (B) to capture the views of dental patients on TC services provided by OHPs.
A cross-sectional qualitative study based on individual interviews with OHPs and dental patients will be carried out in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The OHP will be purposively selected from two major organisation types: (1) single-doctor dental clinics and (2) dental hospital attached to teaching institutions. The sample population will be divided into two subgroups: general OHP (dentists practising general dentistry irrespective of their qualification) and prosthodontists (dentists with a specialisation in prosthodontics). We will sample dental patients through convenient sampling from a public teaching hospital and select private dental care facilities. The sampling of OHPs and dental patients will continue until we reach data saturation. Interviews will be audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and coded by hand. The interview transcript will subsequently be analysed using thematic content analysis.
The study received ethical approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee of the Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad. The findings will be disseminated through conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications and to the study participants.
一段时间以来，人们一直在共同努力，涵盖烟草控制的各个方面。尽管认识到需要为烟草使用者提供支持以戒烟，但在印度，这种支持仍然远远不够。然而，对于口腔健康专业人员（OHP）的实践以及在烟草戒断（TC）服务背景下牙科患者的经验和期望，知之甚少。在本文中，我们描述了一项博士研究项目的方案，该项目探讨了印度一个城市的 OHP 及其患者。目的是（A）了解口腔保健系统对 TC 的运作情况，以及需要对其进行哪些更改才能使 TC 受益，以及（B）了解牙科患者对 OHP 提供的 TC 服务的看法。
这是一项基于对 OHP 和牙科患者进行个体访谈的横断面定性研究，将在印度古吉拉特邦的艾哈迈达巴德市进行。OHP 将从两种主要组织类型中进行有针对性的选择：（1）单医生牙科诊所和（2）附属于教学机构的牙科医院。样本人群将分为两个亚组：普通 OHP（从事普通牙科实践的牙医，无论其资格如何）和修复专家（专门从事修复学的牙医）。我们将通过便利抽样从一所公立教学医院和选择私人牙科保健设施中抽取牙科患者。对 OHP 和牙科患者的抽样将继续进行，直到达到数据饱和为止。访谈将被录音、逐字转录并手动编码。随后将使用主题内容分析对访谈记录进行分析。
该研究获得了艾哈迈达巴德政府牙科学院和医院机构伦理委员会的批准。研究结果将通过会议演讲、同行评议出版物以及向研究参与者进行传播。
