F40.2
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intervention group (VR-headset)
A routine dental treatment is performed once. During the treatment, the patient wears a VR headset on which an interactive application runs.
Group 2: Control g
Sponsors
Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Ability of the patient to give informed consent - Presence of the subject's informed consent - Need for routine dental treatment of any kind
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Decision of the patient against the intended dental treatment - Patient's decision not to participate in the study - Lack of language skills, psychotic illness, epilepsy, chronic vertigo, or severe visual impairment. - Presence of low dental treatment anxiety according to the Hierarchical Anxiety Questionnaire (HAF).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcomes are the acceptance of the intervention and its potential effectiveness. It will be evaluated how many patients with dental anxiety will consent to VR application and how many will have dental treatment completed under the proposed VR setting. The potential effectiveness of VR application in reducing anxiety symptoms will be investigated in comparison with distraction using video playback as a control setting. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| As secondary outcomes, side effects of cyber sickness will be assessed, and questions of patient satisfaction and technology acceptance will be investigated. For this purpose, treatment expectation, treatment satisfaction, patient's global impression of change regard-ing the main outcomes as well as experiences of practitioners will be surveyed. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactPeter Rammelsberg
Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik
Outcome results
None listed