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Area of Science:

  • Dental Medicine
  • Health Disparities Research
  • Human Factors in Healthcare

Background:

  • Healthcare professionals' decisions are influenced by patient demographics like race, gender, and age.
  • Understanding these influences is crucial for addressing healthcare disparities in pain management.
  • Virtual human (VH) technology offers a novel method to study these effects in controlled settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of virtual human patients' demographic cues on dentists' pain management decisions.
  • To determine if dentists' assessments of pain intensity and treatment recommendations are affected by patient race, gender, and age.

Main Methods:

  • Eighty-nine dentists participated in the study.
  • Participants evaluated virtual human patients with varying demographic characteristics.
  • Pain intensity ratings and opioid prescription likelihood were recorded as outcome measures.

Main Results:

  • Dentists reported higher pain intensity and increased willingness to prescribe opioids for female, African-American, and younger virtual patients.
  • Significant two-way interactions between race and age were observed for pain assessment and treatment decisions.
  • The disparity in pain assessment and treatment between Caucasian and African-American patients was more pronounced in younger individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Dentists' pain management decisions are demonstrably influenced by demographic cues of virtual patients.
  • These findings highlight a potential source of healthcare disparities in dental pain management.
  • The study underscores the need for guidelines and improved training to mitigate bias in clinical decision-making.