Clinical trial NCT06485973: Dental Anxiety in During Different Dental Treatments (DENANX)
Official title: Evaluation of Dental Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Different Dental Treatments - A Prospective Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Dental Anxiety
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Aydın University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-03
Enrollment: 322
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The cross-sectional survey-based research will be conducted on 322 volunteers aged 18 to 70 at Istanbul Aydin University Faculty of Dentistry between March 1, 2021, and April 30, 2021. Participants will be included in the study if they met the following criteria: voluntary participation, sufficient Turkish literacy, no recent psychiatric diagnoses within the previous year, no psychotherapy in the past six months, and no use of psychotropic drugs or illicit substances that could affect mental health in the previous year.

After a comprehensive oral and dental examination, an individualized treatment plan will be developed for each participants. These plans includes necessary dental procedures, such as fillings, root canals, scaling, tooth extractions, and implant procedures. The participants will be scheduled to receive their treatments on the seventh day, according to their individual needs. On that day, they will complete a survey while waiting in the waiting room.

Brief summary: The aim of this observational cross-sectional study is to evaluate the dental anxiety levels of participants aged 18-70 years who will scheduled for different dental treatmentsThe main question it aims to answer is:

Does the type of dental treatment make a difference in the level of dental anxiety in participants? Within the scope of their dental treatment, participants who have already been planned to assign any of the filling, root canal treatments, scaling, tooth extraction and implant placement will have their anxiety levels recorded through a questionnaire just before starting treatment.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* voluntary participation
* sufficient Turkish literacy
* no recent psychiatric diagnoses within the previous year
* no psychotherapy in the past six months,
* and no use of psychotropic drugs or illicit substances that could affect mental health in the previous year.

Exclusion Criteria:

-To stop volunteering until the study is completed.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Modified Dental Anxiety Scale
timeFrame: 1 hour
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Demographical Outcomes
timeFrame: 1 hour
measure: Oral and Dental Health Experiences and Attitudes
timeFrame: 1 hour
measure: Dental Anxiety Assessment
timeFrame: 1hour
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Aydın University
Study officials:
References:
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