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Effectiveness of virtual reality distraction interventions to reduce dental pain and anxiety in paediatric patients through EEG and ECG

Effectiveness of virtual reality distraction interventions to reduce dental pain and anxiety in paediatric patients through EEG and ECG

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500106971
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-08-01
Start date
2025-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

children dental caries

Interventions

Group 1:Use conventional behavioral management techniques (such as non-medical conversations, informing-demonstration-operation, regular distraction methods, sound control, etc.) to minimize the anxie
Group 2:Wear the wearable electrocardiogram monitoring device and the integrated VR heart field holographic system, and hold the stress-reducing ball. Combine VR with traditional behavioral management

Sponsors

Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of NMU
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
5 Years to 8 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged between 5 and 8 years old, classified as ASA I and II categories. Children with at least one asymptomatic deep carious lesion in the oral cavity that requires indirect pulp therapy under local anesthesia. Or children with retained primary teeth, where the degree of looseness of the retained primary teeth is less than two, and who need tooth extraction under local anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children with a history of painful and invasive medical or dental procedures, or with a record of poor dental behavior. Children with a history of epilepsy or autism. Children requiring sedation and/or general anesthesia management. Children with specific anxiety disorders, those with a score greater than 25 on the "Childhood Anxiety Disorders Screening Questionnaire" [MCDAS(f)-r].

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety scale;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Wong Baker Facial Pain Rating Scale;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactBin Yan

Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of NMU

byan@njmu.edu.cn+86 138 5196 3191

Outcome results

None listed

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