Behavioral Interventions for Dental Radiography

(RCPD Trial)

Age: Any Age

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: University of Toronto

Disqualifiers: Pre and post doctoral students, others

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: Unknown

6473 Participants Needed

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

This project aims to investigate whether simple behavioural interventions, such as pictorial framing and traffic-light-color-coding, can positively influence pediatric dentists' decision-making in adopting rectangular collimation over round collimation for dental radiographs taken in clinical practice.

Research Team

Hashim Nainar, Dentist

Principal Investigator

University of Toronto

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for active members of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. It's not open to pre and postdoctoral students or affiliated members.

Inclusion Criteria

I am an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

Exclusion Criteria

Pre and post doctoral students and affiliated members

Timeline

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Intervention

Participants are randomized into three groups: Control, Pictorial Framing, and Traffic Light Color Coding, to assess the impact of nudging strategies on the adoption of rectangular collimation.

6 weeks

Online survey with three email invitations sent at two-week intervals

Follow-up

Participants' responses are analyzed to determine the effectiveness of nudging strategies on behavior change.

4 weeks

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Pictorial Framing
• Traffic Light Color Coding Framing

Trial Overview The study tests if pictorial framing and traffic-light-color-coding can encourage pediatric dentists to choose rectangular collimation over round for dental X-rays in practice.

Participant Groups

Group I: Traffic Light Color Coding Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

Written information is supplemented with traffic light colour coding nudges.

Group II: Pictorial Framing Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

Written information is supplemented with pictorial nudges.

Group III: Control Active Control 1 Intervention

Control Arm receives only didactic information and no nudges

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of Toronto

Lead Sponsor

Trials

739

Recruited

1,125,000+