Dentist-Patient Communication on Dental Anxiety Using the Social Media and Timing in Communication

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety; Timing in Dentist-Patient Communication
• Interventions: Behavioral: Assessment scales-the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale.

• Registration Number: NCT04453696
• Lead Sponsor: Karadeniz Technical University

Brief Summary

Scales application one week before and one week after impacted tooth extraction.

Detailed Description

The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of dentist-patient communication via social media on dental anxiety, and second, to evaluate the appropriate timing of such communications.

Instagram's quick replies system was used to answer patients' questions to alleviate dental anxiety for patients undergoing impacted mandibular third-molar extraction under local anesthesia. Patients were assigned randomly into four groups according to timing of such communications: Communication before operation (n=36), Communication after operation (n=35), Communication before and after operation (n=36), and a control group who received no communication on social media (n=36). Dental anxiety was evaluated one week before and after the surgical operation using recognized assessment scales-the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-05-04
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-08
• Study Completion: 2020-05-10
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-29
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 143

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be able to use the Instagram platform. I
• Clinicial diagnosis of mesioangular impacted lower third molar according to the classification of Winter and the Pell and Gregory classification (2 or 3/B).

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who previously obtained information from social media
• Bad dental history
• Systemic disease
• Pregnant

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Communication before operation	Assessment scales-the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale.	Communication was established before the operation.
Communication before and after operation	Assessment scales-the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale.	Communication took place both before and after the operation.
No communication	Assessment scales-the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale.	No communication.
Communication after operation	Assessment scales-the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale.	Communication was established after the operation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analog scale (VAS)	2 weeks	The VAS scale was included in the present study to determine how anxious the patients felt according to their own thoughts. Scores range from 0 (no anxiety) to 10 (extreme anxiety).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Efe Can Sivrikaya; 🇹🇷 Trabzon, Turkey