Clinical Estimation of Dental Anxiety

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: MDAS; Diagnostic Test: Estimated level of DA

• Registration Number: NCT03596255
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

Introduction: Dental anxiety (DA) is treatable and preventable when dental personnel correctly estimate the patient's level of DA. Objective: To evaluate dental personnel's ability to estimate DA.

Detailed Description

Method: All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination. The patient rated DA using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and a Visual Analogue Scale of dental anxiety (DA-VAS). The patient also recorded gender, age, level of education and confidence in handling DA. After the examination, the dental personnel estimated the patient's level of DA (eDA) on a VAS. The examiner also recorded gender, age, profession, years of experience, country of education, interest in DA, special education concerning DA and confidence in ability to handle DA.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-20
• Study Completion: 2018-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-27
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-20
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-23
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1230

Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients returning for their annual examination on a public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden during a two week period.

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Exclusion Criteria

inability to fill in the questionnaire

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients	MDAS	All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination
Dental personnel	Estimated level of DA	All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden were contacted and asked to participate in the study

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Estimated Dental anxiety on a 100mm VAS vs MDAS	through study completion, 2 weeks/clinic and a total of aproximatly 6 months	The dental personnel's Clinical estimation of how dentally anxious their patient are (where 0mm represent minimal and 100mm maximal.) compared to the patients one rating of dental anxiety(Measured whit the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale(MDAS) where 5 is minimal and 25 maximal) .

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The patients Dental Anxiety, measured whit the "Modified Dental Anxiety Scale"(MDAS)	through study completion, 2 weeks/clinic and a total of approximately 6 months	The Patients own ration of how dentally anxious they are. Measured whit the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale(MDAS) where 5 is minimal and 25 maximal

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centrum för Orofacial Medicin, Torkelbergsgatan 11.; 🇸🇪 Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden