Effectiveness of Tell Play do Technique in Comparison to Tell Show do Technique for the Management of Anxious Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 34
- Primary Endpoint
- level of anxiety
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Assessment of the effectiveness of tell play do technique and tell show do technique in management of anxious children .
Detailed Description
Child dental anxiety has been a matter of concern for many years. It is defined as a nonspecific feeling of apprehension, worry, uneasiness and the source may be not clear or unknown .
Dental anxiety is considered as a major obstacle for the dental treatment. The dental appointment is a stressful situation specially for children which raises their anxiety level. Different studies among 6-12 years old children showed that 20%- 43 % exhibited high dental fear and anxiety .
Dental fear and anxiety can have negative implications for children's oral health. There is certainty for the negative impact of dental anxiety on the oral health-related quality of life of children, and studies have shown that children with dental fear and anxiety have worse oral health status than their peers (more untreated carious lesions).
It is also children with dental fear and anxiety may present with behavioral management problems which can disrupt the provision of dental treatment and negatively impact on the dental treatment the child receives. The anxiety experienced by children is not only distressing for the child, but it can also be a potentially stressful and upsetting experience for their parents .
A good patient-dentist relationship is crucial for the management of anxiety. It is the responsibility of pedodontists to make dentistry as child-friendly and pain-free as possible to bring about positive changes in the behavior of children during dental treatment .
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Masking Description
The patients, their parents and the statistician will be blinded ,
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 4 Years to 6 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Children with Frankl's behavior rating score of 1,2 .
- •Patients with no previous dental experience.
- •Patients not suffering from cognitive or mental problems.
- •Children with primary molars indicated for extraction .
- •Age 4- 6 years old .
Exclusion Criteria
- •Medically compromised patients
- •Patients suffering from cognitive or mental problems
- •Patients with previous dental experience
Arms & Interventions
tell play do technique
Tell play do technique with a dental imitation toy and using euphemisms instead of demonstrating on a model or observing one. Tell play do technique provides a better explanatory concept of the dental procedure and can lead to more cooperation of the children patients which can influence the dental treatment in a good and positive way.
Intervention: Tell play do technique (Behavioral)
tell show do technique
Tell show do is the gold standard of the non-pharmacological behavior management techniques. It is based on the principle of learning theory and it is performed by the dentists themselves . It is the most important behavior modification technique practiced by dentists and it is commonly used for management of children anxiety in the first dental visit .
Intervention: tell show do (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
level of anxiety
Time Frame: Immediate In the first visit
The level of dental anxiety of each patient will be assessed using finger pulse oximeter.
Secondary Outcomes
- change in behavior(immediate after the behavior management)
- Ease of handling patients(immediate the end of the treatment)
- Ease of doing the procedures(immediate at the end of the treatment)
Investigators
rehab abdulhameed ebrahim mohammed
principal investigator
Cairo University