Dental Anxiety, Oral Surgery, Virtual Reality
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of virtual reality technology on anxiety and pain levels in patients undergoing periodontal surgery. Participants will be randomly assigned into test and control groups. While the patients in the test group will undergo periodontal surgery with virtual reality distraction, the patients in the control group without distraction. After treatment, the groups will be compared regarding anxiety and pain levels.
Interventions
PROCEDUREPeriodontal surgery with virtual reality distraction
Periodontal surgery to improve gingival contour and eliminate inflamed periodontal pockets
PROCEDUREPeriodontal surgery without virtual reality distraction
Periodontal surgery to improve gingival contour and eliminate inflamed periodontal pockets
Sponsors
Kutahya Health Sciences University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Individuals over the age of 18 * Systemically healthy patients * Need for periodontal surgical treatment in the mandibular anterior region * Scoring 15 or above on the modified dental anxiety scale
Exclusion criteria
* Having a history of seizures or a convulsive disorder * Balance disorders such as nystagmus, vertigo * Use of psychotropic drugs * Getting treatment for anxiety * Presence of dermatological lesions on the face, especially around the eyes * A lesion in the eye that will prevent the use of virtual reality glasses * Systemic disease and medication use that contraindicate periodontal surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety level | Preoperative, immediately postoperative | Modified dental anxiety scale where higher scores mean a worse outcome and has a minimum value of 5 and a maximum value of 25 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain level | Preoperative, immediately postoperative | Visual analog scale where higher scores mean a worse outcome and has a minimum value of 0 and a maximum value of 10 |
| Systolic blood pressure | Preoperative, intraoperative, immediately postoperative | Blood pressure will be measured by a sphygmomanometer. |
| Diastolic blood pressure | Preoperative, intraoperative, immediately postoperative | Blood pressure will be measured by a sphygmomanometer. |
| Heart rate | Preoperative, intraoperative, immediately postoperative | The frequency of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed