Clinical trial NCT05191407: Fear and Anxiety Level in Dental Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Official title: Investigation of Factors Associated With the Increased Fear and Anxiety in Dental Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: A Survey
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Fear
Anxiety
COVID-19
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19
fear
anxiety
Lead sponsor: Akdeniz University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-01-13
Enrollment: 301
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population consists of individuals randomly selected from the patients who applied to the Faculty of Dentistry.

Brief summary: Psychological support may be needed to help patients in the face of emotional disturbances that may be associated with the outbreak and to help them accomplish their fear and anxiety. Due to the increasing fear of COVID-19 transmission during the pandemic, patients may develop treatment avoidance behavior in dental practices. If the fear and anxiety levels of the patients can be determined, it may be easy to offer special approaches to them.

Detailed description: Officially, the first COVID-19 case in Turkey was diagnosed on March 10, 2020. To ensure social isolation, cities were locked down with residents to stay at home to prevent disease transmission. A very large part of the population may experience frustration, stress, and irritability while in isolation. Due to the prolonged lockdown and COVID-19 associated fear, the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens people's physical health and lives, is likely to trigger a wide variety of psychological problems such as anxiety and depression by increasing their stress levels.

The risk of cross-infection in dentistry has been described as considerably high due to close physical contact between dental professionals and patients, and aerosols production during routine dental treatments. In this uncertain process, patients remain undecided about attending their dental appointments. Their concern is associated with the risk of getting infected and transmitting the disease to family members. All these factors may increase the mental stress of patients.

The essential purpose of this study is to evaluate the COVID-19 fear and anxiety level, COVID-19 knowledge status, and information sources in dental patients in Turkey during the pandemic period.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* willing to participate with providing informed consent;
* age ≥18 years
* able to understand and read \& write the Turkish language.

Exclusion Criteria:

* not willing to participate with providing informed consent;
* age\<18 years
* not able to understand and read \& write the Turkish language

Primary outcomes:
measure: fear of COVID-19
timeFrame: last six month ( from the beggining of the pandemic to time of survey)
measure: anxiety
timeFrame: last two weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Antalya
country: Turkey
facility: Akdeniz University
Study officials:
affiliation: Akdeniz University
name: Özlem Daltaban, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Temsah MH, Al-Sohime F, Alamro N, Al-Eyadhy A, Al-Hasan K, Jamal A, Al-Maglouth I, Aljamaan F, Al Amri M, Barry M, Al-Subaie S, Somily AM. The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country. J Infect Public Health. 2020 Jun;13(6):877-882. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.05.021. Epub 2020 May 29.
citation: Al-Rahimi JS, Nass NM, Hassoubah SA, Wazqar DY, Alamoudi SA. Levels and predictors of fear and health anxiety during the current outbreak of COVID-19 in immunocompromised and chronic disease patients in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional correlational study. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 26;16(4):e0250554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250554. eCollection 2021.