Undergraduate dental students' perceptions of dental pain in children - A grounded theory study.

Introduction: There is an underuse of pain management strategies in dental care for children, possibly owing to perceived stress and discomfort when treating children, which has also been reported by dental students. The aim of this study was to explore how undergraduate dental students experience and understand pain related to dental treatment in children.

Materials And Methods: Interviews were held with 21 Swedish dental students, from 3 dental schools, all in their final 2 years of education.

A grounded theory study on Swedish 10 to 16-year-olds' perceptions of pain in conjunction with orthodontically indicated tooth extraction.

Objective: Children frequently experience pain and/or discomfort during dental treatment. Still, pain research in dentistry has mainly been performed on adults using quantitative methods while research on the child's perspective is scarce. This study aims to explore and describe children's experiences and/or thoughts regarding pain in conjunction with tooth extraction.

Parenting a Child with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Orofacial Pain, and Dysfunction: A Qualitative Study.

Aims: To deepen knowledge of how parents of children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) perceive the orofacial manifestations of the disease, its treatments, and their encounters with dental care providers.

Methods: A total of 15 interviews with parents of JIA patients (3 to 16 years old) with orofacial pain were analyzed according to classic grounded theory.

Results: The main problem was identified as controlling an unpredictable life situation that includes a child with JIA.

Perceived Oral Health and Care of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Qualitative Study.

Aims: To increase knowledge about how children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) perceive their oral health and dental care.

Methods: Fifteen interviews with children diagnosed with JIA, aged 6 to 16 years, were analyzed according to classical grounded theory.

Results: The children's main concern about their oral health was identified as creating a positive identity after being diagnosed with JIA and learning to live with oral health problems.

Living with extended-spectrum β-lactamase: a qualitative study of patient experiences.

Background: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) is an enzyme that conveys resistance to most β-lactam antibiotics. Infections caused by bacteria producing ESBL are often difficult to treat because of general multiresistance, and hospital care may be necessary even for nonserious infections.

Methods: The aim of this study was to increase our understanding of how infected individuals perceive their situation as "carriers" of multiresistant bacteria.

Facing a moral dilemma--introducing a dental care insurance within the public dental service.

Through the reform entitled "Dental care insurance-dental care at a fixed price", patients are offered a dental insurance, a capitation plan, that ensures that they can visit the dentist regularly during a period of three years at a fixed price per month (Frisktandvård).This insurance may be offered to all patients. The aim of this study was to generate a theory explaining the main concern for the staff at the public dental service when they have to introduce and advocate dental care insurance to patients.

Daily life impact of malocclusion in Swedish adolescents: a grounded theory study.

Objective: To explore how malocclusions affect daily life in adolescents and how adolescents cope with malocclusion-related distress.

Materials And Methods: Twelve strategically selected teenagers, seven girls and five boys aged 13-14 years, participated in this study. Open, tape-recorded in-depth interviews based on Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were performed using a theme guide and analyzed according to the qualitative method of classic grounded theory (GT).

Processes of enhanced self-understanding during a counselling programme for parents of children with disabilities.

Background: The stress and burden on parents of children with disabilities are well documented, and the parents' way of handling the situation is crucial to the health and well-being of all family members, including the child with special needs. We conducted a group-based counselling programme for parents, based mainly on Gestalt education and personal construct theories, aiming at increasing the parents' ability to handle the situation.

Aims: To explore the parents' experiences from processes of change after the counselling programme.

Oral health -- not a priority issue a grounded theory analysis of barriers for young patients with disabilities to receive oral health care on the same premise as others.

Oral health problems are reported more frequently in children with disabilities, but the reasons for this are not fully known. The present study was conducted to illuminate and to gain a deeper understanding of the possible barriers preventing children with disabilities from receiving oral health care on the same premise as others. Transcribed in-depth interviews with 65 informants (14 parents, 18 dental health-care professionals, 17 medical health-care professionals, and 16 individuals with disabilities) were analysed in open, axial, and selective coding processes according to Grounded Theory.

Grounded theory on factors involved in the decision-making processes of patients treated with implant therapy.

Purpose: The aims of this research were to describe the process leading to desire for implant treatment, describe how patients missing teeth gained information about implant treatment, identify gatekeeping factors for implant treatment, and note experiences in changes in oral health-related quality of life.

Materials And Methods: The constant comparative method for a grounded theory was used in collecting and analyzing data. Ten informants participated in the study, all of whom were treated with implant-supported fixed dentures during the past year.

Increased self-awareness in the process of returning to work.

Background: A group of employees on sick leave, living in the Oslo area, Norway, was offered participation in a counselling programme, based on Gestalt theory, mindfulness and phenomenological understanding of the body.

Aims: To explore the participants' processes of change related to their increased ability to work. METHOD DESIGN: This qualitative study is based on modified grounded theory.

Uncertainty is a major concern for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

Objective: The study objective was to explore the main concern of individuals living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and how they handle this in daily life. For improved management and follow-up, it is important to understand how the ICD affects the recipient's daily life.

Methods: A grounded theory method was used.

Parenting an overweight or obese child: a process of ambivalence.

Childhood overweight represents a health problem, and research points towards parents as key players. The aim of this study was to deepen the knowledge of how parents of children who are overweight or obese experience their parenthood. Focus group discussions with 17 parents were analysed according to the qualitative method of modified grounded theory.

Living with Crouzon syndrome: how do young adults with Crouzon syndrome handle their life situation?

Background: Recent research has been focused on those attributes that appear to buffer a person against the stresses and strains of living with a visible difference.

Aim: To provide some insight on how young adults with Crouzon syndrome handle their life.

Design: Telephone interviews were carried out with eight Crouzon syndrome individuals (six males, two females, mean age 25.

Being a messenger of life-threatening conditions: experiences of pediatric oncologists.

Background: A nationwide population-based study with questionnaires involving 90 pediatric oncologists was performed in Sweden in 2006/2007. On the basis of this quantitative study, a qualitative study was performed. The aim of this qualitative study was to focus on the main concern of these physicians facing malignant disorders, psychosocial issues, and existential provocation.

Oral health and 22q11 deletion syndrome: thoughts and experiences from the parents' perspectives.

Background: 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is one of the most common multiple anomaly syndromes, and many dentists are likely to meet patients with the syndrome. Odontological research has focused on describing and analysing conditions/concepts based on the current state of knowledge within the dental profession. Yet, these research topics are not necessarily the most important issues for the patients.

Patients' attitudes towards oral health and experiences of periodontal treatment: a qualitative interview study.

Purpose: The aim of the present qualitative study was to analyse patients' attitudes towards oral health and experiences of periodontal treatment.

Materials And Methods: Patients who were referred to a specialist clinic in periodontics were subjected to open-ended interviews before (Abrahamsson et al, 2008), as well as after, the phase of cause-related periodontal therapy. An interview guide was used with themes of interest.

Social life aspects of young adults with cleft lip and palate: grounded theory approach.

Objectives: The findings of many questionnaire and inventory studies suggest that people with cleft lip and/or palate report a decreased quality of life. Common problems include dissatisfaction with the external appearance of the lips and nose, speech problems, depression, and anxiety. This qualitative study aimed to explore the subjective perceptions and values of young adults with clefts, particularly with regard to their social lives.

Patients' views on periodontal disease; attitudes to oral health and expectancy of periodontal treatment: a qualitative interview study.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to explore and gain an understanding of patients' views on their periodontal conditions, their perceived impact of periodontitis on daily life, as well as their attitudes to oral health and expectations of treatment.

Materials And Methods: The study subjects were patients with chronic periodontitis, who had been referred to a specialist clinic. The constant comparative method for grounded theory was used to collect and analyse the data.

Giving low priority to oral health care. Voices from people with disabilities in a grounded theory study.

Objective: Our knowledge of how people with disabilities look upon oral health and dental care is limited. The aim of this study was thus to explore how the people with disabilities experience the encounter with dental health care.

Material And Methods: With a focus on dental care and oral health, qualitative interviews with 16 informants with cognitive and/or physical disabilities were analysed in accordance with the qualitative method of grounded theory.