Virtual Reality Relaxation to Decrease Dental Anxiety in Primary Dental Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 277
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Dental anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
The aim is to apply short-term virtual reality relaxation to examine if it is effective in reducing pre-operative dental anxiety in primary health care using an RCT.
详细描述
Randomized controlled single-center trial with two parallel arms: Virtual Reality Relaxation (VRR) and Treatment As Usual (TAU) in a public oral health care unit. VRR group receiving a 1-3.5 minute 360° video immersing them in peaceful virtual landscape with audio features and sound supporting the relaxing experience. TAU groups remaining seated for 3 minutes in similar setting.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 120 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •attending for dental treatment
- •consenting
- •able to complete Finnish questionnaire without assistance
- •age 18 years or older
排除标准
- •those not meeting inclusion criteria
研究组 & 干预措施
Virtual reality relaxation
Virtual reality relaxation using virtual landscape and audio features and sound
干预措施: Virtual reality relaxation (Device)
Treatment as usual
Seated in similar environment as experimental group for same time
结局指标
主要结局
Dental anxiety
时间窗: immediately after intervention
post-test measured with Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, The measure has five questions, each with five reply alternatives from not anxious to extremely anxious (on a scale 1-5), MDAS sums up to the total scale (range 5-25) which is used as primary outcome. Higher scores indicate higher dental anxiety.
次要结局
- Anticipatory dental anxiety and treatment related dental anxiety(immediately after intervention)
研究者
Satu Lahti
Professor of Community Dentistry
University of Turku