Wallace, A., Rogers, H.J., Zaitoun, H. et al. (3 more authors) (2017) Traumatic dental injury research: on children or with children? Dental Traumatology, 33 (3). pp. 153-159. ISSN 1600-4469
Abstract
Background and aim: It is widely acknowledged that children should participate in healthcare decisions, service development and even setting research agendas. Dental traumatology is a major component of paediatric dentistry practice and research. However, little is known about young patients’ contribution to new knowledge in this field. The aim of the study was to establish the extent to which children are involved in contemporary dental trauma research and to evaluate the quality of the related literature. Material and methods: A systematic review of the dental trauma literature was conducted from 2006-2014. The electronic databases, MEDLINE and Scopus, were used to identify relevant studies. The selected papers were independently examined by five calibrated reviewers. Studies were categorised by the degree of children’s involvement and appraised using a validated quality assessment tool. Results: The initial search yielded 4,374 papers. After application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria only 96 studies remained. Research on children accounted for 87.5% of papers and a proxy was involved in 4.2%. Children were engaged to some degree in only 8.3% of studies and there were no studies where children were active research participants. In the quality assessment exercise papers scored, on average, 57% (range=14-86%). Conclusion: There is scope to encourage more active participation of children in dental trauma research in the future. Furthermore, there are some areas where the quality of research could be improved overall.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Wiley. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Dental Traumatology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Clinical Dentistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2016 15:54 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2017 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/edt.12299 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/edt.12299 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102509 |