Anxiety, Dental
Conditions
Keywords
Dental Anxiety, Pediatric dentistry
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if passive music listening decreases anxiety in patients undergoing dental procedures and if the effects of music therapy are influenced by gender, age, and amount or type of dental treatment needed.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMusic
Patients in the music group will listen to classical music during their dental procedure.
Sponsors
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System I (ASA I) I and American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System II (ASA II) * Patient needs restorative procedure (with or without local anesthesia or nitrous oxide) * Received previous dental restorative treatment (detected via visual or radiographic evidence of previous restoration - no additional radiographs will be exposed for this study; exposed radiographs will be previously obtained, as needed,for comprehensive or periodic dental reasons)
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with hearing impairments * Uncooperative patients at examination appointment (detected by Frankl behavior score of 1 or 2)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety as assessed by the Pediatric 7 question survey | baseline | The total score ranges from 7-49, with lower scores indicating less anxiety. |
| Parent's prediction of child's anxiety in the dental office as assessed by survey | baseline | The total score ranges from 0-10. A lower score indicates less anxiety. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed