Impact of Attentional Tunelling on a Population of French Practitioners

NCT07266909 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 25Odonto06
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The tunnel effect, also known as attentional tunnelling, is a cognitive bias affecting all healthcare professionals, including odontologists. It is characterised by an excessive focus on a specific element of a clinical situation, which can alter the overall assessment and lead to errors in medical practice. This poses a particular risk to the quality of dental care, especially surgical care. Despite the importance of this risk, few studies have addressed this issue in dentistry. Therefore, raising the dental community's awareness of this phenomenon on a large scale is both justified and necessary.

Conditions

Awareness; Attention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluation of the state of knowledge relating to the attentional tunnelling of a cohort of odontologists of different professional levels.

  Face -to-face or online questionnaire (called Attentional Tunnelling in dentistery) including 7 items

  At the inclusion

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Associated risk indicators for attentional tunnelling

  At the inclusion

• Associated risk indicators for prevention strategies

  At the inclusion

• Evaluation of the nature of the means proposed to combat the tunnel effect

  At the inclusion

Study Arms (3)

Public Practitioners

Practitioners working in dental departments at hospitals and university centres in Nice, Marseille and Montpellier (France)

Other: Face-to-face or online survey

Orthodondics Students

Resident enrolled in France in an Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics training program, attending the national course given by the University of Nice

Other: Face-to-face or online survey

Private practitioners

Private practitioners or employees (excluding university hospitals) enrolled in continuing education programmes at the university dental services in Nice, Marseille, and Montpellier (France)

Other: Face-to-face or online survey

Interventions

Face-to-face or online survey OTHER

A face -to-face or online questionnaire will be given to study paticipants after a seminar on attentional tunneling organized by Professors Dridi and Charavet.

Orthodondics Students; Private practitioners; Public Practitioners

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

interns + CHU and liberal practitioners; \> 160 practitioners

You may qualify if:

• University hospital practitioner (professor, associate professor, ...)
• Dental surgeon (outside university hospitals
• Intern (DES MBD and ODF).

You may not qualify if:

• Students.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dridi

Nice, 06000, France

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

DRIDI SOPHIE-MYRIAM

CONTACT

06 19 29 92 08.; Dridi.s@chu-nice.fr

YATIMI RACHIDA

CONTACT

0492033007; yatimi.r@chu-nice.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 25, 2025
• First Posted: December 5, 2025
• Study Start: November 21, 2025
• Primary Completion: November 21, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 30, 2026
• Last Updated: December 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Locations

FR (1)