Comparison of Efficacy of Little Lovely Dentist, Dental Song and Tell-show-do Techniques in Alleviating Dental Anxiety in Paediatric Patients

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Completed

• Conditions: Behaviour; Dental Anxiety; Paediatric; Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT04833478
• Lead Sponsor: Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine

Brief Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of different techniques for the reduction of dental anxiety in pediatric patients. Generally, anxiety amongst paediatric patients is higher as compared to adult patients. So different modalities are used by the dentists in order to reduce the anxiety of such patient to help to make treatment procedures easier and optimal.

Detailed Description

Children who suffer from dental anxiety avoid any sort of dental treatment provided to them, which leads to poor oral hygiene, and if unaddressed, problems like missing teeth and decayed teeth further in life develop, and ultimately leading to problems making treatment planning intricate. Children normally follow the footsteps of their parents so it is of importance to consider how to avoid creating dental anxiety among them. If dental anxiety is left untreated, it might persist during adulthood, which eventually will deteriorate the oral health of such patients. Due to the substantial effect of dental anxiety in paediatric patients, many methods have been devised to alleviate or eliminate such anxieties of the patients. This study aimed to employ different strategies and measure heart rate and Facial Image Scale scores to determine their efficacy in reducing paediatric patient's dental anxiety by using these techniques before and after the procedure to compare the effectiveness of each of these techniques.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-02
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-06
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Only the children age ranged from 4 to 11 years with no positive medical history.

Exclusion Criteria

• Rest were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Application	Anxiety	Measuring anxiety level of the patients using Facial Image Scale and Pulse Oximeter
Tell Show Do	Anxiety	Measuring anxiety level of the patients using Facial Image Scale and Pulse Oximeter
Dental Song	Anxiety	Measuring anxiety level of the patients using Facial Image Scale and Pulse Oximeter

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Group 1: Little Lovely Dentist App measuring anxiety using pulse oximeter	5 months	Measuring Anxiety Levels
Group 1: Little Lovely Dentist App measuring anxiety using facial image scale.	5 months	Measuring Anxiety Levels, 1 Minimum value and 5 Maximum value
Group 2: Dental Song measuring anxiety using pulse oximeter	5 months	Measuring Anxiety Levels
Group 2: Dental Song measuring anxiety using facial image scale.	5 months	Measuring Anxiety Levels, 1 Minimum value and 5 Maximum value
Group 3: Tell-Show-Do measuring anxiety using pulse oximeter	5 months	Measuring Anxiety Levels
Group 3: Tell-Show-Do measuring anxiety using facial image scale.	5 months	Measuring Anxiety Levels 1 Minimum value and 5 Maximum value

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine; 🇵🇰 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan