目的:我们的目的是描述牙医和牙科实践的特征,美国国家牙科实践研究网络(PBRN)的成员,并确定这些牙医提供特定牙科程序的频率。
方法:牙医在加入网络时填写了一份关于其人口统计学和培训特征以及其实践和患者特征的问卷。牙医还报告了提供特定牙科程序的频率。数据采用描述性统计分析。
结果:在4,483名活跃临床实践的牙医中,34%被认定为女性,70%为白色,73%是普通牙医。大多数牙医在大城市地区(87%)和单独或小型诊所(72%)执业。平均而言,他们报告说,大约一半的患者是儿童或老年人,三分之一来自代表性不足的种族/族裔群体,四分之一是公共保险。大多数牙医常规进行修复和固定假肢(78%),提取(59%),可移除(44%)和植入(40%)假体,门牙和前磨牙的牙髓治疗(44%)。
结论:参加国家牙科PBRN的牙医与一般的牙医有很多共同点。该网络拥有广泛的牙医代表,练习类型,患者群体,和提供的治疗,包括种族/民族的多样性,性别,保险,以及从业者和患者的地理。
结论:国家牙科PBRN牙医的特征表明,广泛的牙医有兴趣参与国家层面的研究,从而使一系列的临床研究设置和主题,可以优化研究结果的普遍性。
Our aims are to describe the characteristics of dentists, members of the US National Dental practice-based research network (PBRN) in the United States, and determine how often these dentists provide specific dental procedures.
Dentists completed a questionnaire when they enrolled in the Network about their demographic and training characteristics and characteristics of their practices and patients. Dentists also reported the frequency of providing specific dental procedures. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Of 4,483 dentists in active clinical practice, 34% identified as females, 70% as white, and 73% as general dentists. Most dentists practiced in large metropolitan areas (87%) and in solo or small practices (72%). On average, they reported about one-half of their patients were children or older adults, a third were from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and one-quarter were covered by public insurance. Most dentists routinely performed restorations and fixed prosthetics (78%), extractions (59%), removable (44%) and implant (40%) prosthetics, and endodontics on incisor and premolar teeth (44%).
Dentists participating in the National Dental PBRN have much in common with dentists at large. The network has a broad representation of dentists, practice types, patient populations, and treatments offered, including diversity regarding race/ethnicity, gender, insurance, and geography of its practitioners and patients.
Characteristics of National Dental PBRN dentists suggest that a broad range of dentists is interested in participating in national-level research studies, thereby enabling an array of clinical study settings and topics that can optimize the generalizability of study findings.