Effectiveness of CBT and APT on Managing Child Anxiety in Dental Office

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT06292247
• Lead Sponsor: Mansoura University

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Auricular Plaster Therapy on Managing Child Anxiety in Dental Office.

Detailed Description

This study is to:

1. Assess and compare the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy and auricular plaster therapy on children's anxiety in dental situations.

2. Improve child behavior and cooperation and evaluate the parental acceptance of these behavioral management techniques.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-23
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-13
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-03
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-07
• Study Completion: 2024-05-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy children (4-7) years old, without systemic, congenital, or mental disorders nor deformities affecting the external auditory meatus.
2. Presence of dental anxiety.
3. Not requiring urgent dental treatment, with the presence of a Class I carious lesion on one of the primary molars.
4. No previous application of the guided CBT.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Refusal to participate by either the children or their parents/guardians
2. Previous receiving acupuncture and moxibustion therapy.
3. Children who had taken sedative drugs at the time of the appointment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Heart Rate to detect the anxiety.	Up to 12 weeks	It is a biological parameter and the elevation of pulse rate is an indicator for anxiety
Venham Clinical Anxiety Scale	Up to 12 weeks	Observational anxiety scale, by choosing a number from 0 to 5 as claimed by the scales at specific time spots of the dental visit. The higher the score, the greater the level of anxiety and the poorer the cooperation of a child
RMS-Self Pictorial scale to detect the anxiety.	Up to 12 weeks	It is a self-report scale, ranging from (1 to 5). The scale was scored by giving a value of one to very happy and five to very unhappy face. (A higher score indicates more anxiety)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parental acceptance of the behavior management technique	Up to 12 weeks	The parental acceptance rating will be determined on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (highly acceptable) to 5 (highly unacceptable).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of dentistry; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt