Do Therapy Dogs Improve Behavior and Reduce Anxiety in Pediatric Dental Patients?
- Conditions
- Therapy AnimalsDental AnxietyChild BehaviorAnesthesia, Local
- Registration Number
- NCT06057090
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Age 3-7<br><br> - Children who are patients at the Medical University of South Carolina Department of<br> Pediatric Dentistry<br><br> - Children classified as category 1 or 2 according to the American Society of<br> Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification<br><br> - Children whose parents/guardians are willing to consent to the child participating<br> in the study<br><br> - Availability of parent to be present during treatment<br><br> - Children who require further care that includes the injection of a local anesthetic<br> and whose procedure will take less than one hour<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Patients whose cases are considered emergencies<br><br> - Patients who are classified as category 3 or higher according to the American<br> Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification (6)<br><br> - If patient's medical status has worsened since initial evaluation<br><br> - Known allergy to dogs or other animals<br><br> - Past history of dental trauma<br><br> - Past history of animal bites or traumatic experience with a dog<br><br> - Emotional or developmental delays<br><br> - If, on the day of the treatment, patient presents with fever or other illness
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Behavioral measure, using the Frankl score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parent survey responses;Microbial concentration;Anxiety measure, heart rate;Anxiety measure, oxygen saturation