Dental Attire Effect on Children's Dental Anxiety
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of friendly attire on dental anxiety among children visiting dental office in comparison with conventional attire. All of the children who will be experienced maxillary dental anesthesia with/without distraction will be assessed by using a combination of measures: Wong-Baker faces and the Children's Fear Scale (self-report), heart pulse rate, and behavior (using Anxiety levels using Face - Legs - Activity - Cry - Consolability "FLACC" scale "external evaluator") Acceptance will be measured using a two-point Likert scale.
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Detailed Description
This study will evaluate the effect of dental attire on children's acceptance of different dental treatments that include dental anesthesia. pain and anxiety will be evaluated during buccal and palatal infiltration using five behavioral scales, Wong-Baker pain scale, Children's Fear Scale and Children's Anxiety Questionnaire (self-report), pulse rate (physiological) and behavior (using FLACC behavior rating scale "external evaluator".
Heart pulse rate measurement will be recorded firstly when the patient is seated comfortably in the reception area, on dental chair prior to the injection, and finally after the procedure is done and the child patients will be asked to choose a face that describe their status from one of both Wong Baker faces scale, Children's Fear Scale and Children's Anxiety Questionnaire.
Body responses of all child patients will be recorded during the whole procedure and then will be evaluated by an external evaluator to determine the children behavioral score according to FLACC scale.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Distraction in the reception area.
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Behavioral: Evaluation the effectiveness of distraction in the reception area in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia
Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing conventional attire in the treatment room after meeting the child in the reception area while wearing the friendly attire.
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| Experimental: Distraction in the treatment area.
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Behavioral: Evaluation the effectiveness of distraction in the treatment area in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia
Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing friendly attire in the treatment room after meeting the child in the reception area while wearing the conventional attire.
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| Experimental: Distraction in both treatment and reception area.
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Behavioral: Evaluation the effectiveness of distraction in both reception and treatment areas in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia
Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing friendly attire in the reception area and treatment room.
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| Other: Basic behavior guidance techniques without using any type of distraction aids.
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Behavioral: Evaluation of the effectiveness of basic behavior guidance techniques without using any type of distraction aids in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia
Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing conventional attire in the reception area and treatment room.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Pain levels [5 minutes following the dental local anesthesia.]
Pain levels will be measured by using a self-reported simplified Wong-Baker faces pain scale: 0 no Hurt - 1 Hurts little Bit - 2 Hurts little More - 3 Hurts Even More - 4 Hurts Whole Lot - 5 Hurts Worst
- Anxiety levels [1 minute during the dental local anesthesia.]
This will be evaluated using the Face-Legs-Activity-Cry-Consolability (FLACC) scale (0 low anxiety and pain level - 10 high anxiety and pain level).
- Anxiety levels [5 minutes following the meeting with the dentist in the reception area, and 5 minutes after the patient is seated comfortably on the dental chair]
This will be evaluated using Children's Fear Scale (0 indicating 'no anxiety' and 4 indicating 'extreme anxiety') and Children Anxiety Questionnaire (self-report) (4 indicating 'no anxiety' and 16 indicating 'extreme anxiety').
- Pulse rate [(1) five minutes after the patient is seated comfortably in the reception area, (2) five minutes after the patient is seated comfortably on the dental chair, (3) five minutes following the injection of the anesthetic drug]
Pulse rate (the number of times your heart beats each minute bpm will be evaluated using Finger Pulse Oximeter.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Age between 6 and 10 years.
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No previous dental experience.
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Definitely positive or positive according to Frank scale.
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Need of maxillary anesthesia for any dental treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Previous dental experience
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Systematic or mental disorders.
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Definitely negative or negative according to Frankel scale
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Damascus University | Damascus | Syrian Arab Republic |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Damascus University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Jamila Bchara, DDs, Damascus University
- Study Director: Mohannad Laflof, Phd, Damascus University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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