A study to assess the dental anxiety among the children undergoing dental treatment with help of their drawings and art therapy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Drawings can be used as a tool to assess the presence of dental anxiety and art therapy effectively reduces the anxiety in pediatric patients undergoing dental treatment.
研究概览
简要总结
Abstract-Assessment of dental anxiety in children is difficult because of their immature cognitive and emotional development. Art therapy utilizes creative therapy interventions to deal with children suffering from emotional problems. Aims and objectives: (1) To assess the drawings of children for the presence of dental anxiety. (2) To assess the influence of art therapy on the dental anxiety in the children. Methodology: 120 children within the age group of 6-12 years participated in this study. The pretest and post test objective assessment of dental anxiety was done using Frankl and Five facial anxiety scale. All the participants received local anesthesia during their first treatment session. All the children were asked to draw a picture of their treatment experience at the end of the session. The drawings were assessed by a psychologist. Simple random sampling technique was used for allotting 60 children into study group and 60 children into control group. Art therapy was given to 60 children in the study group for three consecutive appointments. Results: There was a significant reduction in the anxiety in study group and a significant correlation between the objective score of dental anxiety and the subjective scores of CD: H and HFD. Conclusion: Drawings can be used as a tool to assess the presence of dental anxiety and art therapy effectively reduces the anxiety in pediatric patients undergoing dental treatment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc
- 盲法
- Investigator Blinded
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6.00 Year(s) 至 12.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •6-12 years of age-independent of sex, and ethnic characteristics 2) Children without previous dental treatment experience 3) Children with carious primary teeth which required pulp therapy and restorative treatment 4) Children who are not considered medically compromised 5) Obtained written informed consent from parents or caregivers and obtained verbal informed consent from the child for their participation in the study where procedures are explained in an age-appropriate attitude 6) Children who accept to draw a picture.
排除标准
- •Children with a compromised physical and mental health history .
- •Children who already received dental treatments 3) Children who only needed preventive treatments 4) Children who reject to draw a picture.
结局指标
主要结局
Drawings can be used as a tool to assess the presence of dental anxiety and art therapy effectively reduces the anxiety in pediatric patients undergoing dental treatment.
时间窗: 4 Weeks
次要结局
- Art therapy reduces the dental anxiety(8 weeks)