Table 5.
Details of the seven included studies
| Study (first author) | Year | Country of study | Study type | Participants mixed dental professionals/dental therapists/dentists/public | Setting | Reports data pertinent to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effectiveness | Efficiency | Acceptability | Sustainability | Cost | ||||||
| Hornby32 | 2006 | UK | Survey | Dentists (n = 336) Senior dentists (n = 151) Dentists (n = 185) |
Two English counties | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | – |
| Kruger33 | 2004 | Australia | Survey | Mixed (n = 90) Dentists (n = 70) Dental therapists (n = 16) Dental hygienists (n = 4) |
Remote-rural Western Australia | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Kruger34 | 2005 | Australia | Survey | – | – | – | Yes | – | ||
| Satur35 | 2009 | Australia | Survey | Dental therapists (n = 59) | Victoria, Australia | Yes | – | – | – | – |
| Hornby32 | 2006 | UK | Qualitative | Mixed semistructured interviews (n = 40) Dentists (n = 25) Vocational trainees (n = 3) Dental therapists (n = 3) Dental hygienists (n = 3) Dental nurses (n = 3) Practice managers (n = 3) One focus group of PCT reps (n = 5) |
Two English counties | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kravitz36 | 2007 | UK; Belgium Greece Finland Canada New Zealand |
Qualitative | Actual (n = not provided) Aimed for n = 4 key informants from each country |
Six developed countries | Yes | – | Yes | – | – |
| Tane37 | 2009 | New Zealand | Qualitative and quantitative | Semistructured interviews with managers of dental therapists and policy makers (n = 12) Questionnaires to various stakeholders (n = 399) |
New Zealand-wide | Yes | – | – | – | – |