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A randomized control test of cognitive behavior therapy for pain relief during orthodontic treatment

A randomized control test of cognitive behavior therapy for pain relief during orthodontic treatment

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-TRC-09000556
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2009-09-16
Start date
2009-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-04-18

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Conditions

Pain during orthodontic treatment

Interventions

Group A:(cognitive behavioral therapy): Each patient was received cognitive behavioral therapy include cognitive restructuring and relaxation training. Then patients were required to finish the State
Group B:(analgesic drug): Each patient was given 100mg ibuprofen sustained release capsules, and was required to finish the State Anxiety Inventory(S-AI), containing visual analog scale(VAS).
Group C:(blank control group): Patients were required to finish the State Anxiety Inventory(S-AI), containing visual analog scale (VAS) without special intervention.

Sponsors

West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male and female patients with pain during orthodontic treatments.(age>=10), who can understand and complete the test; 2. Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Previous orthodontic treatments; 2. Experience of tooth ache recently; 3. Combined with infectious diseases and/or systematic diseases; 4. Patients who have taken analgesics in the last 3 days before the orthodontic treatments; 5. the T-AI result: male >=53, female>=55.

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Visual Analogue Scale(VAS);State anxiety scores;Type of malocclusion;Present pain intensity scale (PPI);Crowding;Size of initial wire;Cold pressure time;The Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36);The state anxiety inventory (S-AI);Pain rating index (PRI);Cold Pressure Test(CPT);

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ);

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWenli Lai
wenlilai@hotmail.com+86 13678093116

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026