Impact of Dental Anxiety Coping Module on Children with Dental Anxiety
The Impact of Dental Anxiety Coping Module on Children with Dental Anxiety: a Randomised Controlled Trial
University of Malaya
60 participants
Oct 10, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Dental Anxiety Coping Module (DACM) in children with dental anxiety. The main questions to answer are: 1. Will the Dental Anxiety Coping Module has any effect on dental anxiety in primary school children based on MY-ACDAS and HRV-Biofeedback? 2. Is there any difference in dental anxiety between control and intervention group on baseline and post-test measured with MY-ACDAS? 3. Is there any difference in dental anxiety between control and intervention group on baseline, during and post-test measured with and HRV-Biofeedback?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Malaysian child, age 7 to 11 years old that understand basic Malay and English language.
- Children that fulfil both MY-ACDAS score 26 and above and HRV-Biofeedback of very low coherence score (incoherence).
- Children with American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) I and ASA II classification.
Exclusion Criteria3
- Children requiring emergency treatment such as pain, facial cellulitis, and trauma cases.
- Child with learning disabilities, hearing, or visual impairment, developmental or intellectual disability and cognitive impairment.
- Parents/guardians who refuse to allow their child to participate in this trial.
Interventions
Dental tour where participants will be introduced to the dental clinic setting while Expressive Art Therapy, participants will engage with activity of making collage and finger painting.
Locations(1)
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NCT06483828