Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Abstract Introduction: Following inception in 2005 as a multiregional practice-based research network (PBRN), the “National Dental PBRN” expanded nationwide in 2012, and in 2019 implemented additional organizational changes. The objectives are to: (1) describe the new structure and function of the...
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| author | Gregg H. Gilbert Jeffrey L. Fellows Veerasathpurush Allareddy David L. Cochran Joana Cunha-Cruz Valeria V. Gordan Mary Ann McBurnie Cyril Meyerowitz Rahma Mungia D. Brad Rindal National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group |
| author_facet | Gregg H. Gilbert Jeffrey L. Fellows Veerasathpurush Allareddy David L. Cochran Joana Cunha-Cruz Valeria V. Gordan Mary Ann McBurnie Cyril Meyerowitz Rahma Mungia D. Brad Rindal National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group |
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Abstract
Introduction:
Following inception in 2005 as a multiregional practice-based research network (PBRN), the “National Dental PBRN” expanded nationwide in 2012, and in 2019 implemented additional organizational changes. The objectives are to: (1) describe the new structure and function of the network; and (2) quantify its scientific productivity since 2005.
Methods:
A national Administrative and Resource Center is based in Alabama; regional and specialty nodes are based in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, New York, and Texas. A Network Coordinating Center is based in Oregon. Studies are funded via investigator-initiated grants. Scientific productivity is assessed using specific metrics, including the Relative Citation Ratio.
Results:
To date, 58 studies have been completed or are in data collection or development. These studies have investigated a broad range of topics using a wide variety of study designs. Of the studies that have completed enrollment, 70,665 patients were enrolled, as were 19,827 practitioners (some participated in multiple studies), plus electronic records for 790,493 patients in two data-only studies. To date, these studies have led to 193 peer-reviewed scientific publications in 62 different journals. The mean (1.40) Relative Citation Ratio of Network publications connotes a greater-than-average influence in their fields.
Conclusions:
These metrics demonstrate that the PBRN research context can successfully engage practitioners and patients from diverse settings nationally with a high and sustained level of scientific productivity. This infrastructure has enabled clinical scientists in oral health and nonoral health topics and provided additional recruitment venues outside of the typical academic health center research context.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5914b080684e43809d9398a3a5f971b02023-03-09T12:31:05ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612022-01-01610.1017/cts.2022.421Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research NetworkGregg H. Gilbert0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2017-625XJeffrey L. Fellows1Veerasathpurush Allareddy2David L. Cochran3Joana Cunha-Cruz4Valeria V. Gordan5Mary Ann McBurnie6Cyril Meyerowitz7Rahma Mungia8D. Brad Rindal9National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group10Department of Clinical and Community Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USAKaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USADepartment of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USADepartment of Clinical and Community Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USADepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USAKaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USAEastman Institute for Oral Health, Rochester, NY, USADepartment of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USAHealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN, USAThe National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group comprises practitioners, faculty, and staff investigators who contributed to this network activity, listed at http://www.nationaldentalpbrn.org/collaborative-group.php Abstract Introduction: Following inception in 2005 as a multiregional practice-based research network (PBRN), the “National Dental PBRN” expanded nationwide in 2012, and in 2019 implemented additional organizational changes. The objectives are to: (1) describe the new structure and function of the network; and (2) quantify its scientific productivity since 2005. Methods: A national Administrative and Resource Center is based in Alabama; regional and specialty nodes are based in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, New York, and Texas. A Network Coordinating Center is based in Oregon. Studies are funded via investigator-initiated grants. Scientific productivity is assessed using specific metrics, including the Relative Citation Ratio. Results: To date, 58 studies have been completed or are in data collection or development. These studies have investigated a broad range of topics using a wide variety of study designs. Of the studies that have completed enrollment, 70,665 patients were enrolled, as were 19,827 practitioners (some participated in multiple studies), plus electronic records for 790,493 patients in two data-only studies. To date, these studies have led to 193 peer-reviewed scientific publications in 62 different journals. The mean (1.40) Relative Citation Ratio of Network publications connotes a greater-than-average influence in their fields. Conclusions: These metrics demonstrate that the PBRN research context can successfully engage practitioners and patients from diverse settings nationally with a high and sustained level of scientific productivity. This infrastructure has enabled clinical scientists in oral health and nonoral health topics and provided additional recruitment venues outside of the typical academic health center research context. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866122004216/type/journal_articleResearch infrastructuremulticenter studiesmetricspractice-based research networkspractice patterns |
| spellingShingle | Gregg H. Gilbert Jeffrey L. Fellows Veerasathpurush Allareddy David L. Cochran Joana Cunha-Cruz Valeria V. Gordan Mary Ann McBurnie Cyril Meyerowitz Rahma Mungia D. Brad Rindal National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Research infrastructure multicenter studies metrics practice-based research networks practice patterns |
| title | Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
| title_full | Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
| title_fullStr | Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
| title_short | Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
| title_sort | structure function and productivity from the national dental practice based research network |
| topic | Research infrastructure multicenter studies metrics practice-based research networks practice patterns |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866122004216/type/journal_article |
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