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2025-12-24 @ 9:10 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-02-20 @ 6:45 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06442904
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-06-05
First Post:
2024-05-30
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Can a Digital Education Program in Radiographic Imaging Technique for Dental Professionals Improve Image Quality?
Sponsor:
Organization:
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Comparisons between intervention- and control group will be made.'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Theoretical competence', 'timeFrame': 'One month post-intervention', 'description': 'Change in theoretical competence measured in a theoretical test. Comparisons between intervention- and control group will be made.'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'oversightHasDmc': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDrug': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDevice': False}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['digital education', 'oral and maxillofacial radiology'], 'conditions': ['Radiography', 'Dentistry']}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a digital education program designed for dental professionals can lead to radiographic examinations of better quality. The main questions it aims to answer are:\n\nDoes the digital education program lead to more radiographic examinations of good quality? Does the digital education program lead to better theoretical and practical understanding regarding image quality among dental professionals?\n\nResearchers will compare answers from a theoretical test and image quality in radiographic examinations between participants with respectively without access to the digital education program.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n* have access to the digital education program for three months\n* after three months all study participants are invited to answer a theoretical test', 'detailedDescription': 'The present study aims to evaluate a digital education programs effect on image quality in intraoral radiographic examinations performed by dental professionals. The present study is part of an on-going cross sectional descriptive project where dental professionals employed in general dental care in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden constitute the study population. The purpose of the project is to gain a broader understanding of a digital education programs impact on the theoretical and practical competencies among dental professionals regarding intraoral dental radiographic examinations.\n\nApproximately 80 dental professionals have provided written informed consent regarding study participation. In the present study, approximately 40 participants will for three months be offered the intervention and join a digital education program. Approximately 40 participants will during the same period not be offered the intervention and constitute the control group. Effects on practical competencies between groups will be evaluated when analyzing image quality of intraoral radiographic examinations. Effects on theoretical competencies between groups will be analyzed with a theoretical test.\n\nCluster randomization of dental clinics will be made for study included participants to either intervention group or control group. Recruitment of study participants will end in August 2024.\n\nThe investigators hypothesize that the digital education program will improve the theoretical competence and radiographic image quality in intraoral radiographic examinations.'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': True, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n• Dental professionals performing radiographic examinations employed in general dentistry in the County Council of Västerbotten, Sweden\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n• Dental professionals not performing radiographic examinations'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT06442904', 'briefTitle': 'Can a Digital Education Program in Radiographic Imaging Technique for Dental Professionals Improve Image Quality?', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Umeå University'}, 'officialTitle': 'A Digital Education Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: Effect on Image Quality Evaluated in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'Umea University, Sweden'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Intervention group', 'description': 'Access to a digital education program for three months.', 'interventionNames': ['Other: Digital education program']}, {'type': 'NO_INTERVENTION', 'label': 'Control group', 'description': 'The control group is not offered any intervention.'}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Digital education program', 'type': 'OTHER', 'description': 'The approximately six hours long digital education program will be available for three months and implies further education in intraoral radiographic examinations.', 'armGroupLabels': ['Intervention group']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'city': 'Umeå', 'status': 'RECRUITING', 'country': 'Sweden', 'facility': 'Folktandvården Region Västerbotten', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 63.82842, 'lon': 20.25972}}], 'centralContacts': [{'name': 'Maria Garoff, Assoc. 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