Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Pain and Anxiety During Dental Treatment in Autistic Childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- 8 - 15 year old children who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/05/013982
- Lead Sponsor
- itte University Research Grant
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Children with a known diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), showing an understanding of very simple instructions, and requiring routine dental treatment procedures
Exclusion Criteria
Children with a previous history of very violent and highly uncooperative dental behavior.
Children with a history of any accompanying medical or neurological disability like epilepsy that precludes the use of VR based technologies.
Children using therapeutic drugs that have a substantial affect on cortisol levels.
Children exhibiting a very low IQ, i.e., unable to follow very simple instructions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Venham Picture Test (VPT)Timepoint: At 1st treatment visit and at 2nd treatment visit, 3 months later
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Salivary Cortisol levelsTimepoint: before the start and after completion of the dental treatment at the 1st and 2nd dental visits;Frankls Behaviour rating scaleTimepoint: assessed during treatment at the 1st and 2nd dental treatment visits.;Wong Baker faces pain rating scaleTimepoint: at the end of treatment on both treatment visits