An integrated risk assessment tool for team-based periodontal disease management.
Mounting evidence suggests a potential association of periodontal disease with systemic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke. The objective of this study is to develop an integrated risk assessment tool that displays a patients' risk for periodontal disease in the context of their systemic disease, social habits and oral health. Such a tool will be used by not just dental professionals but also by care providers who participate in the team-based care for chronic disease management. Displaying relationships between risk factors and its influence on the patient's general health could be a powerful educational and disease management tool for patients and clinicians. It may also improve the coordination of care provided by the provider-members of a chronic care team.
School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Thankam P
TP
Thyvalikakath
Rema
R
Padman
Sugandh
S
Gupta
D015897:Comorbidity; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration