Reducing Children's Anxiety Using Homeopathic Remedy Before Dental Treatment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 22
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Reducing Children's Anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
Pharmacological interventions to aid behavior management's techniques are commonly used in pediatric dentistry. The aim of the medicaments is to control behavior and allow safe completion of a dental procedure. Homeopathic remedy is safe and can be effective to control behavior and decrease anxiety in children during dental treatment.
Aim: 1. To explore the efficacy of homeopathic drugs in decreasing children's dental anxiety before dental treatment.
- To assess the effectiveness of homeopathic remedy in facilitating dental treatment for anxious children.
Methods: prospective, double-blind study. Thirty healthy children (5-12 years-old) will receive homeopathic remedy\placebo before dental treatment. Anxiety reduction will be measured using: saliva cortisol levels, saliva α-amylase levels, facial image scale (FIS), and Houpt behavior scale.
Expected results: the homeopathic remedy will reduce anxiety and increase child cooperation during dental treatment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Years 至 12 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Dental anxiety
- •Needs at least 2 dental treatment appointments
排除标准
- •Medically compromised
- •Cooperative, needs less than 2 dental treatment appointments
研究组 & 干预措施
group 1
homeopathic remedy first , placebo second
干预措施: Homeopathic remedy (Other)
group 1
homeopathic remedy first , placebo second
干预措施: Placebo (Other)
group 2
placebo first, homeopathic remedy second
干预措施: Homeopathic remedy (Other)
group 2
placebo first, homeopathic remedy second
干预措施: Placebo (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Reducing Children's Anxiety
时间窗: Each dental apointment, aproximatly 30 minutes on the average
Measuring levels of salivary cortisol and salivary α-amylase levels before dental treatment and after dental treatment .
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Moti Moskovitz
clinical senior lecturer, department of pediatric dentistry
Hadassah Medical Organization