Clinical trial NCT04833478: Comparison of Efficacy of Little Lovely Dentist, Dental Song and Tell-show-do Techniques in Alleviating Dental Anxiety in Paediatric Patients
Official title: Comparison of Efficacy of Little Lovely Dentist, Dental Song and Tell-show-do Techniques in Alleviating Dental Anxiety in Paediatric Patients -A Single Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety
Paediatric
Dental Anxiety
Behaviour
Keywords: Anxiety
Dental Application
Dental Song
Tell-Show-Do
Behaviour
Lead sponsor: Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-04-06
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 11
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: To evaluate the efficacy of different techniques for the reduction of dental anxiety in pediatric patients. Generally, anxiety amongst paediatric patients is higher as compared to adult patients. So different modalities are used by the dentists in order to reduce the anxiety of such patient to help to make treatment procedures easier and optimal.

Detailed description: Children who suffer from dental anxiety avoid any sort of dental treatment provided to them, which leads to poor oral hygiene, and if unaddressed, problems like missing teeth and decayed teeth further in life develop, and ultimately leading to problems making treatment planning intricate. Children normally follow the footsteps of their parents so it is of importance to consider how to avoid creating dental anxiety among them. If dental anxiety is left untreated, it might persist during adulthood, which eventually will deteriorate the oral health of such patients. Due to the substantial effect of dental anxiety in paediatric patients, many methods have been devised to alleviate or eliminate such anxieties of the patients. This study aimed to employ different strategies and measure heart rate and Facial Image Scale scores to determine their efficacy in reducing paediatric patient's dental anxiety by using these techniques before and after the procedure to compare the effectiveness of each of these techniques.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Only the children age ranged from 4 to 11 years with no positive medical history.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Rest were excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Group 1: Little Lovely Dentist App measuring anxiety using pulse oximeter
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: Group 1: Little Lovely Dentist App measuring anxiety using facial image scale.
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: Group 2: Dental Song measuring anxiety using pulse oximeter
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: Group 2: Dental Song measuring anxiety using facial image scale.
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: Group 3: Tell-Show-Do measuring anxiety using pulse oximeter
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: Group 3: Tell-Show-Do measuring anxiety using facial image scale.
timeFrame: 5 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Karachi
country: Pakistan
facility: Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine
state: Sindh
Study officials:
affiliation: Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine
name: Hira Abbasi, BDS, Post Graduate Trainee
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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