Association of anxiety for dental treatment with the IQ levels of children aged between 6-9 years

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Children without any compromised physical and mental health history

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/09/036120
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Apurva Mahale

Brief Summary

**Introduction:**

Dental anxiety is one of the major problems faced by pediatric dentists all over the world. The aim of this study is to correlate Intelligence Quotient measured by Binet Kamat Test and Dental Anxiety measured by Children’s Drawing Hospital Scale and Sound Eye Motor Test in the children aged 6-9 years.



**Methodology:**

Intelligence quotient of the patient will be measured after the treatment allotment. Then the Pulp therapy will be done as per intra oral Diagnosis. The child will be given drawing material and asked to draw a picture of a person in Dental Clinic. The Frankel Behavior and Sound Eye Motor test will be assessed during the treatment. The child’s drawing will be assessed by a pediatric dentist who’s blind to the score of Sound Eye Motor test and Frankel Behavior and Intelligent Quotient. The drawing will be again assessed by a psychologist who’s blind to all the scores. Correlation between Intelligent Quotient and Dental Anxiety will be assessed after collection of data.



**Conclusion:**



Statistical significant positive correlation was found when IQ was correlated with Dental anxiety when calculated by psychologist, which shows Intelligence Quotient could be related to Dental anxiety

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Closed to Recruitment of Participants
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Children without previous dental treatment experience 2.
• Children with carious primary teeth which required pulp therapy and restorative treatment 3.
• Parents and children who give written informed and verbal informed consent respectively for their participation in the study 4.
• Children who accept to draw a picture.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with a compromised physical and mental health history 2.
• Children who already received dental treatments 3.
• Children who only needed preventive treatments 4.
• Children who reject to draw a picture.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There should be a correlation between Dental Anxiety and Intelligence Quotient.	Immediately after the collection of results from the psychologist

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
comparision of Sound Eye Motor Test with Childrens drawing :Hospital Scale	Immediately after Collection of the data

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pacific Dental College and Hospital; 🇮🇳 Udaipur, RAJASTHAN, India

Pacific Dental College and Hospital

🇮🇳Udaipur, RAJASTHAN, India

Apurva Mahale

Principal investigator

9049513399

almahale13@gmail.com