Jane Cockle-Hearne, Johanna Elise Groothuizen, Emma Ream
Helping patients prepare their dependent children for parental death: mixed-methods evaluation of a codeveloped training programme for palliative and allied healthcare professionals in the UK
BMJ open
background dental anxiety children often necessitates sedation effective treatment different methods sedation proved beneficial however intranasal sedation provides needleless rapid drug delivery method bypasses hepatic metabolism intranasal sedative drugs delivered using mucosal atomization device mad study aimed find opinions beliefs existing knowledge parents children regarding intranasal sedation method drug delivery mad materials methods study comprised 50 parents aged 20 50 came single child aged five nine years separate rooms parents kids shown video use intranasal sedation technique mad pharmaceutical help routine dental procedures video presentation participant required complete pretested selfmade questionnaire 21 questions multiplechoice options chisquare test used statistical analysis completed questionnaires p 005 paired ttest used behavior assessment children intranasal sedation results significant correlation parental socioeconomic status acceptance intranasal sedation observed parents higher education levels exhibited greater level acceptance p 0000 parents whose children prior dental experiences likely view intranasal sedation safe option p 0038 additionally significant proportion previously sedated children expressed willingness undergo treatment using intranasal sedation evaluation childrens behavior treatment revealed notable improvement indicating effectiveness intranasal sedation p 0000 conclusion study thoroughly investigated parents children view intranasal sedation via mad revealed positive perception safety trust among parents regarding method pediatric dental procedures