Parental Attitudes Towards Their Child’s Participation in a Dental Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT); Semi-Structured Qualitative Interview Transcripts, 2015

Evidence-based practice is of increasing significance within dentistry, with randomised controlled trials (RCTs) regarded as the gold standard. There is however, uncertainty regarding parental understanding of RCTs, and the emotional effects of their child’s participation.

AIMS: To quantify whether their child’s participation in a RCT impacted on parents’ dental anxiety (MDAS), oral health related quality-of-life (OHIP-14) and attitudes (dental health beliefs (DHB) and sense of coherence (SOC-13)) to their own dental
care and that of their children, and whether these constructs were associated with socio-demographic characteristics. To investigate parents’ views, knowledge and experience around their child participating in dental research.