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The Association Between Parental Anxiety and Child Behavior.

Conditions
Parental Anxiety,Child Behavior
Registration Number
NCT05217225
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

Parents' dental anxiety is demonstrated as a significant indicator for children's dental anxiety and parents play a key role in children's anxiety and fear development.

Studies have shown that parents who are fearful and anxious about dental treatments are associated with an increase in the occurrence of caries disease in their children, since they are more resistant to accompany their children to the dentist.

People with a high level of dental anxiety, both children and adults, can be difficult to treat, take longer, and have behavioral issues, all of which can lead to a stressful and unpleasant experience for both the patient and the dental practitioner

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
158
Inclusion Criteria
  • Children, age ranging from 4 to 6 years old, of both sexes, have simple Occlusal cavities attending the pediatric dental clinic.
  • Parents of both genders
Exclusion Criteria
  • Children who do not have the cognition to respond to the anxiety test or are not authorized by parents and medically compromised children.
  • Parents who could not respond to the research tools.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prevalence of Parental anxietybaseline

The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale Scores (5-25)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Child behavior in dental careDuring the procedure

Venham Behavior Rating Scale.

Prevalence of Child AnxietyBaseline

The Modified Venham Picture Test Scores (0- 8)

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