Assessment of pain perception in children during LA administration while active, passive and active-passive distractio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/01/030286
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sabreen Gujral
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 108
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children aged 4-8 years
2. Presence of teeth with pulp involvement in which need of pulpal therapy necessitates the administration of local anaesthesia.
3. Co-operative patients (Franklââ?¬•s Behaviour Rating Scale ââ?¬â?? Positive + and Definitely Positive ++)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children with sensory disabilities
2. Previous experience with intraoral injections.
3. Allergy to Lignocaine Hydrochloride
4. History of systemic illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To find a effective distraction technique for LA administration among VR glasses, softball compression or combination of both.The effectiveness will be measured using FLACC scale.The FLACC scale includes components of Face, Legs, Activity, Cry and Consolability. The primary outcome is to check if the given distraction tool is effectively distracting the child during LA administration which will be observed using the FLACC scale. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare between active distraction (softball compression), passive distraction (VR eye glasses) and active-passive distraction (VR eye glasses and softball compression) method for LA administration. The secondary outcome includes assessing which group out of the three were effectively distracted with the tool they were provided with.Timepoint: Baseline