N/A
N=122
Waiting Room's Environment and Children Anxiety Prior Dental Treatment
Dental Anxiety
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03197129 ↗Enrolled (actual)
122
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Nov 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Dental Anxiety — 1.71; 2 units on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- sensory adapted waiting room (Other)
- Age
- Pediatric · 3+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
- Primary completion
- Jan 2019
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Dental Anxiety |
1.71; 2 | — |
Summary
The amount of time the patient has spent awaiting treatment and the nature of the waiting room environment influence the anxiety level prior treatment. The objective of the present study is to compare the effect of waiting room's environment on the levels of anxiety experienced by children, in sensory adapted dental environment (SADE) and traditional waiting rooms. A parallel randomized trial. The participants will be randomly assigned to one type of waiting room. The participants will be asked to answer Venham Picture Test (VPT) scale while waiting in the waiting room just before entering the clinic.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria: healthy 3-10 years old boys and girls Exclusion criteria: mentally unable to understand and answer the Venham Picture Test (VPT) to assess anxiety before treatment, accepted immediately without waiting.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03197129). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.