Smartphone Application in Reducing Dental Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tell-Play-Do; Behavioral: Tell-Show-Do

• Registration Number: NCT04719299
• Lead Sponsor: Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Brief Summary

evaluating the effectiveness of smartphone applications (Tell-Play-Do) (TPD) in reduction of preoperative anxiety in children undergoing restorative treatment, as measured by heart rate and Venham's Picture Test.

Detailed Description

A total of at least 78 patients aged from 6-8 years will be included. All participants will be divided equally into two groups. Study group TPD using smartphone application and Control group (Tell-Show-Do) (TSD) using traditional behavior management technique.

Dental anxiety using Venham's Picture Test and heart rate using pulse oximeter will be assessed during dental treatment

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-04-20
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-27
• Study Completion: 2020-12-27
• Status Verified: 2021-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-01-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

• School-age children aged from 6-8 years.
• Presence of carious primary molars without pulpal involvement.
• Parents have the ability to write, read and willingness to participate in the study.
• First dental visit to the clinic.
• Normal healthy children.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with previous dental experience.
• Medically compromised children.
• Children with special needs (physical or mental).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
smart phone application	Tell-Play-Do	Behavior modification of patients will be done by showing them smartphone application game. The game demonstrates the use of common dental equipment like mirrors, ultrasonic scalers, handpieces and suction tips, etc. in the form of animated pictures with visual and sound effects. The dentist will play the game to show the child the dental procedure that will be performed on him later.
traditional behavior management technique	Tell-Show-Do	Using traditional behavior management techniques (Tell-Show-Do) which will be applied prior to local anesthesia administration

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in dental anxiety scores	Baseline and immediate post operative	The number of times the "anxious" figure will be chosen a score of one will be assigned and then totaled to give a final score (minimum score - zero; maximum score - eight) for each patient.; The final score will be interpreted as follow: 8 (Very high anxiety), Equal to or more than 6 and less than 8 (High anxiety), Equal to or more than 4 and less than 6 (Average), Equal to or more than 2 and less than 4 (Low anxiety), More than 0 and less than 2 (Very low anxiety) and 0 (No anxiety).
Change in heart rate	Baseline and immediate post operative	recorded by using pulse oximeter as a potential secondary measure of anxiety (physiological parameter).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University; 🇪🇬 Alexandria, Egypt