Measuring and Evaluating the Changes in Anxiety Levels of Children With Repetitive Sessions of Dental Treatments

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety
• Interventions: Procedure: Dental treatment

• Registration Number: NCT04967300
• Lead Sponsor: Erzincan University

Brief Summary

Dental anxiety is defined as the fear of terrible events during dental treatment and the loss of control.Anxiety may be related to adaptation of the patient to external factors in environment, so the adaptation of the pediatric patient to the stimuli in the dental environment may affect the level of anxiety.The aim of the this study was to evaluate the relationship between sequential visits in dental treatments and dental anxiety levels of pediatric patients with anxiety scales and physiological measurements.

Detailed Description

A total of 224 children aged 5-8 years who needed at least two restorative dental treatment of the mandibular first primary molar were included in the study.

In each sessions the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (W-BFRS) was used to evaluate the dental anxiety before and after the treatment.

The Modified Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used as a dental anxiety measurement method.

A portable finger pulse oximeter (Nellcor™ PMN10, Medtronic Corp. MN, USA) was used to measure the heart rate.

Data were statistically analyzed with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences statistical software (SPSS 18.0), considering a 5% significance level. Nonparametric tests were used. Normality assumption was evaluated with the Kolmogorov Smirnov test. The association between two groups was analyzed by Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-30
• Study Completion: 2020-08-30
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-08
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-07-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-16
• Study First Posted: 2021-07-19
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 224

Inclusion Criteria

• Children aged 5-8 years
• Children who need at least two restorative dental treatments of the mandibular first primary molar

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Exclusion Criteria

• Chronic systemic illnesses
• Dental experience
• Mental disorders
• Invasive medical treatments
• Hospitalization
• Oral health problems with a painful history

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
First Visit	Dental treatment	Children who visit dentist at first time
Second Visit	Dental treatment	Children who visit dentist at second time

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dental anxiety	at the second dental visit, during two weeks	The Modified Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale minimum 5 points maximum 25 points more than 15 points means patient have dental axiety .Higher points mean worse outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nurcan Kutluer Karaca; 🇹🇷 Erzincan, Turkey