Suggestibility and usefulness of dental (anxiety) questionnaires
- Conditions
- Dental anxiety
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032450
- Lead Sponsor
- niversität Witten/Herdecke, Abteilung für Zahnärztliche Prothetik und Dentale Technologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 158
Inclusion Criteria
People with a minimum age of 18 years; written informed consent of the participating persons; European cultural background (to avoid response bias due to culture); good written and spoken German (to avoid response bias due to language)
Exclusion Criteria
Serious medical illnesses that limit the patient's ability to cope with everyday life; patients with serious mental illnesses, especially depression/bipolar disorder; current neurological and/or psychiatric illnesses that occurred less than 2 years ago; taking CNS-active medication; dental treatment not possible or emergency referral to another clinic, e.g. Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Julian, 2011) prior to emergency dental treatment; measurement method to assess the two components of anxiety: trait anxiety (A-Trait) and state anxiety (A-State)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Julian, 2011) after emergency dental treatment; measurement method to assess the two components of anxiety: trait anxiety (A-Trait) and state anxiety (A-State)