Exploration of families’ experience following a dental injury

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Qualitative semi structured interviews to explore families’ experience following a traumatic dental injury.

• IRAS ID

  285158

• Contact name

  Laura Gartshore

• Contact email

  lauramg@liverpool.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Liverpool

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 5 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Title:
  An exploration of families’ experience of emergency care and management following dental trauma injuries.

  Aim:
  To explore families’ experience and their management pathway following a dental trauma injury

  Design:
  Qualitative interviews conducted by the postgraduate researcher (NG) with a family dyad including a child who has experience of dental trauma and an adult family member (parent/legal guardian), about their experience following a traumatic dental injury (TDI).

  A topic guide has been developed and has been piloted with friends and colleagues. All interviews will be audio recorded and transcribed to enable thematic framework analysis to be undertaken.

  Population eligibility:
  Participants will be recruited using purposive sampling from children who attended the emergency department in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital following a dental trauma, or children who have attended Liverpool University Dental Hospital’s Paediatric Department for management of TDI which occurred from January 2019 onwards. Inclusion criteria includes: child/young person who live with a parent/guardian who can consent, the participants are able to communicate in spoken English and ensure a minimum of 6 months between injury and date of interview.

  Duration:
  It is estimated to take a year to identify and invite potential participants, to undertake the interviews, and to transcribe the interviews. Analysis will commence following transcription. Recruitment will end when no new themes are identified by the team of researchers.

  Analysis:
  Thematic analysis will be conducted using NVivo software. Key themes will be identified surrounding their experience, their thoughts on how their experience could have been improved and whether the impact of COVID affected their journey and experience. These will be interpreted according, with involvement of experienced topic and qualitative researchers.

• REC name

  London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  21/PR/0416

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Apr 2021

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion