Clinical Estimation of Dental Anxiety
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dental Anxiety
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
- Enrollment
- 1230
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Estimated Dental anxiety on a 100mm VAS vs MDAS
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Markus Höglund
PHD-student, specialist in orofacial medicin, Doctor of Dental Surgery
Karolinska Institutet
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Exclusion Criteria
- •inability to fill in the questionnaire
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Estimated Dental anxiety on a 100mm VAS vs MDAS
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- 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)