Patients' Willingness-to-pay of Endodontic Treatment

Patient Preference Clinical Trial

Official title:

Patients' Willingness-to-pay of Endodontic Treatment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03118323
• Other study ID #: WTP-Endodontic
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: July 8, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: University of Göttingen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the present study is to determine the monetary value of endodontic treatment (primary root canal treatment) compared to the alternative treatment options, such as extraction with or without subsequent insertion of a dental implant or placement of a fixed dental prosthesis.

Description:

Endodontic treatment of teeth with irreversibly damaged pulp aim at the long-term preservation of the affected tooth. If contraindications are present and / or a patient refuse endodontic treatment, the extraction of the affected tooth is often necessary. The resulting tooth gap might be closed by inserting a dental implant or by placing a fixed dental prosthesis. Prior studies have shown that patients' decisions in alternative treatment options depend on a variety of factors. Studies on the willingness-to-pay (WTP) are used to compare the monetary value of different therapy procedures.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: July 2021
• Est. primary completion date: July 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Participants are selected by consecutive patient sampling (total n = 200).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are in need of an primary root canal treatment and who are able to give written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-fulfillment of the inclusion criteria
• Lack of capacity to consent
• No German language skills in written and spoken language
• Age <18 years

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Patient Preference

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
Patients are given a questionnaire with items related to personality and their willingness-to-pay for different treatment options.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dept. of Operative and Preventive Dentistry	Berlin
Germany	University Medical Center Göttingen, Dept. of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology	Göttingen	Lower Saxony

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Göttingen	Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (4)

Ernst J, Brähler E, Weißflog G. [Patient involvement in medical decision making--an overview on patient preferences and impacting factors]. Gesundheitswesen. 2014 Apr;76(4):187-92. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1361150. Epub 2014 Jan 9. Review. German. — View Citation

Gelberg L, Andersen RM, Leake BD. The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations: application to medical care use and outcomes for homeless people. Health Serv Res. 2000 Feb;34(6):1273-302. — View Citation

Herrera A, Martín J, Pérez F, Bonafé E, Reis A, Dourado AL, Fernández E. Is personality relevant in the choice of bleaching? Clin Oral Investig. 2016 Nov;20(8):2105-2111. Epub 2016 Jan 11. — View Citation

Vernazza CR, Steele JG, Whitworth JM, Wildman JR, Donaldson C. Factors affecting direction and strength of patient preferences for treatment of molar teeth with nonvital pulps. Int Endod J. 2015 Dec;48(12):1137-46. doi: 10.1111/iej.12413. Epub 2014 Dec 10. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Completion of a questionnaire		10 minutes