Efficacy of a cognitive behavioral short-term intervention for the treatment of dental phobia

Efficacy of a cognitive behavioral short-term intervention for the treatment of dental phobia - FuchZ-Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00007732

Enrollment

120

Registered

2015-02-24

Start date

2015-02-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F40.2 F93.1

Interventions

Group 1: Cognitive behavioral therapy (Adults, Adolescents, Children) The cognitive behavioral therapy contains psychoeducation, exposition in vivo, a pain management strategy and prevention of relap

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants must meet the criteria of a specific phobia (F40.2; F93.1).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants must not meet the criteria of a specific phobia (F40.2) of the blood-injection-injury type or of a schizophrenia, schizotypal or delusional disorders (F2).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary (proximal) outcome consists of the dental anxiety. The anxiety will be measured at five (max. six) different times of measurement (before the intervention, after the intervention, three months after the intervention, six months after the intervention, one year after the intervention and at most two years after the intervention) by the Hierarchischer Angstfragebögen (Jöhren, 1999). Furthermore there will be a self-developed behavioral test before and after the treatment to have an objective measure of the dental anxiety. The avoidance of dental appointments (as an indirect measure of anxiety) will be requested at all above mentioned times of measurement as well. In the waiting list condition the data collection takes place at the beginning of the waiting period, at the end of the waiting period (6 weeks later) and at the end of the therapy. There are no follow-up measurements in the waiting list condition.	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary (proximal) outcome consists of the dental anxiety. The anxiety will be measured at five (max. six) different times of measurement (before the intervention, after the intervention, three months after the intervention, six months after the intervention, one year after the intervention and at most two years after the intervention) by the Hierarchischer Angstfragebögen (Jöhren, 1999). Furthermore there will be a self-developed behavioral test before and after the treatment to have an objective measure of the dental anxiety. The avoidance of dental appointments (as an indirect measure of anxiety) will be requested at all above mentioned times of measurement as well. In the waiting list condition the data collection takes place at the beginning of the waiting period, at the end of the waiting period (6 weeks later) and at the end of the therapy. There are no follow-up measurements in the waiting list condition.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
At five (max. six) different times of measurement (before the intervention, after the intervention,three months after the intervention, six months after the intervention, one year after the intervention and at most two years after the intervention) (oral) health related quality of life via the Oral Health Impact Profile (Slade & Spencer, 1994) or the Child Perception Questionnaire (Bekes et al., 2011) or the Fragebogen zur Erfassung der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (Ravens-Sieberer, 2003), feelings of shame via a modification of the Differentielle Affektskala (Merten & Krause, 1993) as well as family and couple factors via the Elternbildfragebogen (Titze & Lehmkuhl, 2010) and the Fragebogen zum erinnerten elterlichen Erziehungsverhalten (Schumacher, Eisemann & Brähler, 1999) will be assessed. The attending dentist will asses the teeth´s condition of the participants regularly (but at non-defined times of measurements). In the waiting list condition the data collection takes place at the beginning of the waiting period, at the end of the waiting period (6 weeks later) and at the end of the therapy. There are no follow-up measurements in the waiting list condition.	—

Measure

Time frame

At five (max. six) different times of measurement (before the intervention, after the intervention,three months after the intervention, six months after the intervention, one year after the intervention and at most two years after the intervention) (oral) health related quality of life via the Oral Health Impact Profile (Slade & Spencer, 1994) or the Child Perception Questionnaire (Bekes et al., 2011) or the Fragebogen zur Erfassung der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (Ravens-Sieberer, 2003), feelings of shame via a modification of the Differentielle Affektskala (Merten & Krause, 1993) as well as family and couple factors via the Elternbildfragebogen (Titze & Lehmkuhl, 2010) and the Fragebogen zum erinnerten elterlichen Erziehungsverhalten (Schumacher, Eisemann & Brähler, 1999) will be assessed. The attending dentist will asses the teeth´s condition of the participants regularly (but at non-defined times of measurements). In the waiting list condition the data collection takes place at the beginning of the waiting period, at the end of the waiting period (6 weeks later) and at the end of the therapy. There are no follow-up measurements in the waiting list condition.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactNora Buhrow

TU Braunschweig

n.buhrow@tu-braunschweig.de05313913626

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026