The Effect of Reading a Pictorial Storybook on Children's Fear, Anxiety and Emotional Symptoms Before Dental Treatment: A Randomised Controlled Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dental Fear
- Sponsor
- Gamze Akay
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Demographic Information Form
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of reading a picture storybook on children's fear, anxiety and emotional symptoms before dental treatment.
Detailed Description
In children with receiving dental treatment will be randomly divided into two groups: picture storybook group and control. Interventions will be applied for only 1 times. While the illustrated storybook is read to the experimental group, no intervention will be applied to the control group. The children will be assessed before, during and after. Fear, anxiety and emotional symptoms due to dental treatment procedure will be evaluated using the Children's Emotional Indicator Scale, Child Anxiety Scale-Stateness and Children's Fear Scale.
Investigators
Gamze Akay
Lecturer
Artvin Coruh University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •No audiovisual impairment,
- •Being open to communication and
- •Must be accompanied by a parent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Having special needs,
- •Having an audio-visual impairment,
- •Learning difficulties or mental retardation and
- •Children whose parents do not agree to participate in the study.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Demographic Information Form
Time Frame: baseline
It is a form consisting of a total of 13 questions including the child's age, gender, diagnosis, duration of treatment, number of treatments (How many times did the child come to the clinic?), the status of receiving information about dental treatment and the person who received the information, the education level and occupation of the mother and father, the place where the family lives and the economic situation. It was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature.
Secondary Outcomes
- Child anxiety Scale-State(baseline)