dc.contributor.author | Bryne, Emilie | |
dc.contributor.author | Hean, Sarah Catherine Patricia Duff | |
dc.contributor.author | Evensen, Kjersti Berge | |
dc.contributor.author | Bull, Vibeke Hervik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-22T12:24:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-22T12:24:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-08-27T08:11:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bryne, E., Hean, S., Evensen, K., & Bull, V. (2021). More than just a dental practitioner: A realist evaluation of a dental anxiety service in Norway. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 129(6), e12820. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0909-8836 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3053273 | |
dc.description.abstract | Patients with dental phobia or a history of trauma tend to avoid dental services, which may, over time, lead to poor oral health. In Norway, a specific service targets these patients by providing exposure therapy to treat their fear of attendance and subsequently enable oral restoration. Dental practitioners deliver the exposure therapy, which requires a role change that deviates from their traditional practice. This paper explores how – and under what circumstances – dental practitioners manage this new role of alleviating dental anxiety for patients with a history of trauma or dental phobia. Using a realist evaluation approach, this paper develops theory describing which contexts promote mechanisms that allow practitioners to alleviate dental anxiety for patients with trauma or dental phobia. A multi-method approach, comprising service documents (n = 13) and stakeholder interviews (n = 12), was applied. The data were then analysed through a content analysis and context-mechanism-outcome heuristic tool. Our findings reveal that dental practitioners must adopt roles that enable trust, a safe space, and gradual desensitisation of the patient to their fear triggers. Adopting these roles requires time and resources to develop practitioners' skills – enabling them to adopt an appropriate communication style and exposure pace for each patient. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | More than just a dental practitioner: A realist evaluation of a dental anxiety service in Norway | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | The authors | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 12 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | European Journal of Oral Sciences | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/eos.12820 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1929115 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |