Improving the reporting of orthodontic clinical audits: an evaluation.

Benning, Amanveer; Ali Madadian, Matin; Pandis, Nikolaos; Seehra, Jadbinder (2021). Improving the reporting of orthodontic clinical audits: an evaluation. (In Press). British dental journal Springer Nature 10.1038/s41415-021-2953-8

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Aims The aim of this study was to evaluate the reporting of orthodontic audits published between 2013-2019 following the introduction of a submission template in 2015.Methods An audit reporting checklist was developed, with each audit independently assessed by two assessors. Based on the previous quality checklist, an overall score of 4 or less represented poor reporting, 5-8 fair reporting and 9 or greater good reporting. All data variables were collected in a pre-piloted Excel data collection sheet.Results One hundred and fifty-nine audits were identified. A range of reporting scores were evident. The overall mean score was 10.1 (SD 1.5). Reporting scores showed improvement during the study timeframe, with a general increase in scores evident from 2015. Higher scores were achieved by multi-cycle audits (coefficient [coef]: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.38, 2.62, p <0.001). Lower scores were achieved by partial audits (coef: -1.8, 95% CI: -2.23, -1.36, p <0.001), but scores increased every year (coef: 0.2, 95% CI: 0.12, 0.27, p <0.001).Conclusions The reporting of orthodontic audits is rated as good, with yearly improvement in scores evident. The introduction of a submission template had a positive effect on the reporting of audits. Recommendations to further improve the quality of audits are outlined.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Orthodontics

UniBE Contributor:

Pandis, Nikolaos

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1476-5373

Publisher:

Springer Nature

Language:

English

Submitter:

Renate Imhof-Etter

Date Deposited:

17 Jun 2021 09:28

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:51

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41415-021-2953-8

PubMed ID:

33986485

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/156476

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156476

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