Virtual Reality Used During Tooth Extraction and Extirpation Treatment

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tooth Disease; Anxiety and Fear
• Interventions: Behavioral: virtual reality glasses used during tooth extraction and extirpation treatment

• Registration Number: NCT06315816
• Lead Sponsor: Murat Bektaş

Brief Summary

This study carriy out to evaluate the effect of virtual reality glasses used during tooth extraction and extirpation treatment under local anesthesia on anxiety and fear in children aged 7-10 years.

Detailed Description

Aims and Objectives: Virtual reality glasses can be used as a distraction method in dental practices for children. This study carriy out to evaluate the effect of virtual reality glasses used during tooth extraction and extirpation treatment under local anesthesia on anxiety and fear in children aged 7-10 years.

Design: A randomized controlled experimental study design will use. Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 120 seven to ten-year-old children, including 60 in the experimental group and 60 in the control group, who will receive tooth extraction and extirpation treatment in the pediatric dental clinic of an oral and dental health center. Data collection tools included a Child and Family Information Form, the Children's Fear Scale, and the Child Anxiety Scale-State. During the procedure, the children in the experimental group will watch a video that they chose through virtual reality glasses. No intervention will apply to the control group. Data will analyz using the Chi-square test, t-test, Shapiro-Wilk, mean, and percentage distributions.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-12-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-18
• Study Start: 2024-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-01
• Study Completion: 2024-09-30
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Children who will between the ages of 7-10,
• Children who have Tooth Extraction
• Children who have Extirpation Treatment
• Have no cognitive development problems,

Exclusion Criteria

• Children who will not want to participate in the study,
• Leave the research during the study,
• Have an audio-visual disorder that could prevent the use of virtual glasses.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimantal	virtual reality glasses used during tooth extraction and extirpation treatment	The children will ask to choose a three-dimensional cartoon from the list to watch during the procedure, it will run, the mobile phone will placed into the virtual reality glasses, and the children wear the VR glasses and start watching the cartoon. During the procedure, the children's parents and the researcher will present, and the children watch the cartoon through virtual reality glasses. After the procedure, the virtual reality glasses will removed, and ten minutes after the procedure will completed, the CFS and the CAS-S will apply as a post-test.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety Means	1-4 Weeks	Anxiety score will be measured with the Child Fear and Anxiety Scale. The lowest score from the scale can be 0 and the highest score can be 10. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the child's anxiety increases. In this study, if children get high scores from the anxiety section of the scale, it will be determined that they have high procedural anxiety. Getting a low score from the scale will indicate that their anxiety about the procedure is low.
Fear Means	1-4 Weeks	Fear score will be measured with the Children's fear and anxiety scale. The lowest score from the scale can be 0 and the highest score can be 10. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the child's fear increases. In this study, if children score high on the fear section of the scale, it will be determined that their fear of the procedure is high. A low score on the scale will indicate that fears about the procedure are low.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hakkari University; 🇹🇷 Hakkari, Turkey