A Randomized Wait-list Control Study of the Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Patients With Dental Phobia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Dental anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to find out whether Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is effective in the treatment of patients with dental phobia.
详细描述
Dental phobia represents a clinical condition that affects 5-15% of the community and is characterized by severe anxiety of dental treatment which leads to avoidance of treatment and, as a consequence, severe dental as well as psychosocial problems.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has been developed for the treatment of patients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its efficacy in PTSD patients has often been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials.
Recently it has been demonstrated that dental phobia is often induced by traumatic events during dental treatment and goes along with symptoms of PTSD in numerous patients.
A pilot study (de Jongh et al. 2002) gave hints on the efficacy of EMDR in four dental phobia patients with a history of traumatization during dental treatment.
This randomized wait-list control study aims to evaluate the efficacy of EMDR in a larger sample of dental phobia patients.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •dental phobia according to the World Health Organization´s International Classification of Diseases, ICD-10 (F40.2)
排除标准
- •schizophrenic disorder
- •severe depression
- •severe dissociative disorder
- •organic brain disease
- •anorexia nervosa (body mass index, BMI < 17)
- •suicidality
- •severe cardio-vascular disease
- •ophthalmic disease
- •pregnancy and lactation
- •psychopharmacological treatment
- •substance abuse
结局指标
主要结局
Dental anxiety
时间窗: 12 months
Dental anxiety is assessed by the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and the Dental Fear Survey (DFS).
次要结局
- General psychopathology(4 weeks, 3 months, 12 months)
- Anxiety and depression(4 weeks, 3 months, 12 months)
- Behavioral test(4 weeks)
- Dental treatment(3 months, 12 months)
研究者
doerings
Univ.-Prof. Dr.
University Hospital Muenster