The Mouth Matters in Mental Health Trial -2
A Link Work Intervention to Support Dental Visiting in People With Severe Mental Health Difficulties: The Mouth Matters in Mental Health Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Trial
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
480 participants
May 1, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This clinical trial will evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a link work intervention for supporting people with severe mental health difficulties to attend a routine dental appointment. There are two main outcomes, namely: i) attendance at a routine dental appointment; and ii) oral health quality of life. The main predictions are that: 1. The link work intervention plus treatment as usual will lead to greater likelihood of attendance at a routine dental appointment, compared with treatment as usual alone. 2. The link work intervention plus treatment as usual will lead to better oral health quality of life, compared with treatment as usual alone. 3. The link work intervention plus treatment as usual will be cost-effective compared with treatment as usual alone.
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Interventions
The mental health link work intervention uses link workers to empower and assist people with severe mental illness currently supported by secondary care mental health services, but not dental services, to access planned dental appointments. The link work intervention in the study proposal has the following dimensions: * Delivered by mental health support workers. * Focused on oral health as the primary health issue. * Setting is in secondary mental health care linking to dental care * Primary role is navigating or bridging services. * It builds motivation where needed and offers advocacy. * Its builds self-efficacy and recursively through social persuasion, positive reinforcement, and positive experiences of dental visits and interacting with dental services. * Training and supervision to link workers supports intervention delivery.
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NCT07470437