Do glove balloons decrease dental anxiety in children-A controlled trial

Do glove balloons reduce dental anxiety in children- A single blind parallel randomized controlled trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12621000693820

Enrollment

100

Registered

2021-06-07

Start date

2015-05-15

Completion date

2015-08-12

Last updated

2021-09-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The purpose of this study was to assess dental anxiety in children and find effectiveness of using glove balloons in reducing dental anxiety among children. Null hypotheses was stated thus: In children ages 6-12 years, provided with glove balloons visiting dental hospitals(IIDC, PIMS) there is no difference in the mean dental anxiety score measured by MCDAS(f) prior to treatment and the mean dental anxiety score of children not given glove balloons.

Interventions

intervention is glove balloons to assess the dental anxiety in children aged(6-12) intervention given by 2nd year dental students intervention given individually and face to face intervention given once only intervention given during the treatment(in waiting area) 2nd year Dental students(3rd person, not part pf the research) were supposed to give the glove balloon to the children.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

children age 6 to 12 years informed consent by the guardian

Exclusion criteria

children who were unwilling mentally sick visual impairment

Outcome results