Behavior, Child, Dentist-Patient Relations
Conditions
Keywords
behavior management, first dental visit
Brief summary
To date, not enough attention has been paid to the role of communication before the first dental visit to encourage the child's cooperation and avoid dysfunctional behaviors. The dentist can provide parents with the information they need to adequately prepare the child for treatment. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of an infor-mation booklet to promote pediatric patients' cooperation during the first dental visit
Detailed description
The aim of the study was to test an Information Booklet preparing the child to the first dental vis-it. Forty-five children and one parent per included child took part in the trial. Children were ran-domized in two groups: the Information Booklet was e-mailed to the parents of the study group. At the end of the visit, the dentist and the parent evaluated the child's behavior through the Frankl Behavior Rating Scale (FBRS) and the utility of the Booklet through a Likert scale. The children evaluated the pleasantness of the visit and the perceived pain through the Wong-Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALInformation Booklet
Information Booklet prior to the dental visit
Sponsors
University of Bologna
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* child requiring a first dental visit
Exclusion criteria
* previous dental visits, intellectual disability, mother tongue other than Italian, una-vailable e-mail address
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| child's behavior assessed by dentist with the Frankl Behavior Rating Scale (FBRS) | immediately after the intervention | FBRS: values from 1 (Definitely negative) to 4 (definitely positive) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| self reported pain assessed by the Wong Baker faces pain rating scale (WBFPRS) | immediately after the intervention | WBFPRS: from 0 (no hurt) to 10 (hurts worst) |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed