Dental Anxiety in During Different Dental Treatments (DENANX)

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS)

• Registration Number: NCT06485973
• Lead Sponsor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Suleyman Emre Meseli

Brief Summary

The aim of this observational cross-sectional study is to evaluate the dental anxiety levels of participants aged 18-70 years who will scheduled for different dental treatmentsThe main question it aims to answer is:

Does the type of dental treatment make a difference in the level of dental anxiety in participants? Within the scope of their dental treatment, participants who have already been planned to assign any of the filling, root canal treatments, scaling, tooth extraction and implant placement will have their anxiety levels recorded through a questionnaire just before starting treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-30
• Study Completion: 2022-09-30
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-26
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 322

Inclusion Criteria

• voluntary participation
• sufficient Turkish literacy
• no recent psychiatric diagnoses within the previous year
• no psychotherapy in the past six months,
• and no use of psychotropic drugs or illicit substances that could affect mental health in the previous year.

Exclusion Criteria

-To stop volunteering until the study is completed.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
All Participants	Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS)	Participants who are involved in the treatment planning of any of the following treatments: filling, root canal treatment, scaling, implant treatment and tooth extraction.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Modified Dental Anxiety Scale	1 hour	The data collection tool is an 8-question, 4-point Likert-type scale based on the MDAS, which has been validated for reliability and accuracy. The questions is designed to assess the anxiety levels of participants prior to scheduled dental procedures.; The participants' responses are scored on a scale of 0-3 to indicate their level of anxiety and stress. A score of 0 indicated no anxiety, 1 indicated mild anxiety, 2 moderate indicated anxiety, and 3 indicated severe anxiety and stress. The dental anxiety level is determined based on the sum of scores given to the eight relevant questions, which ranged from 0 to 24 and is used to calculate the MDAS score. The MDAS score is then compared to the following cut-off values to determine the level of dental anxiety: a score of 0 indicated no anxiety, 1-8 indicated mild anxiety, 9-16 indicated moderate anxiety, and 17-24 indicated severe anxiety.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dental Anxiety Assessment	1hour	To assess participants' experience of dental anxiety, including its level, cause, onset, physical symptoms, and coping mechanisms. Additionally, it will be examined environmental triggers that contribute to dental anxiety, such as noise from equipment and the sight of sharp instruments, and the length of time it took for anxiety to peak. The objective of this section is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the participants' dental anxiety, its causes, and their self-coping strategies, as well as the impact of environmental factors on their anxiety levels.
Demographical Outcomes	1 hour	Demographic outcomes are as follows; age, sex, marital status, number of children, education level, and occupation.
Oral and Dental Health Experiences and Attitudes	1 hour	To assess participants' experiences and attitudes toward oral and dental health, including frequency of toothbrushing and dental treatment, previous dental experiences, and pre-treatment anxiety levels. In the questionnaire, which is a data collection tool, the frequency of tooth brushing is asked with the options of 1/day / 2 times a day / 1/week / 2-3 times a week, and the dental treatments in the past are asked to mark. They were also asked to tick how they found their experience (good/medium/bad) following these treatments. There are multiple choice questions to understand the presence of dental anxiety before treatment and what triggers it.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istanbul Aydın University; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey