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Effect of virtual reality and music on anxiety and perioperative pain in impacted third molar extraction under local anesthesia.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
pain
anxiety
Surgery - Other surgery
Anaesthesiology - Pain management
Mental Health - Anxiety
Registration Number
ACTRN12622000384752
Lead Sponsor
Ana Rocío García Carricondo
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
280
Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult patients between 18-50 years of age, the age range in which tooth eruption generally occurs
2. Both men and women will be selected.
3. Single procedure per surgical act, that is, only one extraction per patient and episode.
4. Procedure performed under exclusive local anesthesia.
5. Patients who have authorized their participation in the clinical trial as well as undergo the surgical removal by signing the Informed Consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients under 18 years of age or over 51 years of age.
2. Multiple procedure, that is, dental polyextraction in the same surgical act.
3. Patients with deafness or with hearing pathology.
4. Patients who are blind or with significant loss of visual acuity.
5. Patients who suffer from epilepsy or have had an epileptic seizure in the last 6 months.
6. Anticoagulated patients or with bleeding disorders.
7. Patients undergoing cancer treatment or immunosuppressed.
8. Patients being treated with bisphosphonates.
9. Patients with systemic pathology that may interfere with the result.
10. Patients who have received locoregional radiotherapy.
11. Previous surgery in the lower retromolar trigone area.
12. Disabled patients, non-collaborators.
13. Patients unable to understand and fill in the visual analog scale and the anxiety questionnaire.
14. Patients operated under general anesthesia and / or sedation.
15. Presence of active suppurative infection at the time of surgery.
16. Pregnant patients or possibility of pregnancy (verified by pregnancy test).
17. Any medical or surgical condition that, at the discretion of the investigator, puts the patient at risk or that prevents the patient from meeting the requirements of the study or terminating
the same.
18. Patient who does not want or authorize to participate in the study or does not have a correct command or understanding of the Spanish language.
19. Patients with severe cardiac impulse conduction dysfunctions.
20. Patients with decompensated heart failure.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
evel of perioperative anxiety assessed by the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)[15 minutes Pre and 15 minutes Post-operative];Level of perioperative pain assessed by 100 mm VAS scale[Patient will fill in the VAS scale 15 minutes after the intervention, indicating the pain felt DURING the surgery]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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