Dental Fear
Conditions
Keywords
dental fear, Children, dental anxiety, emotional indicators, pictorial storybook
Brief summary
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of reading a picture storybook on children's fear, anxiety and emotional symptoms before dental treatment.
Detailed description
In children with receiving dental treatment will be randomly divided into two groups: picture storybook group and control. Interventions will be applied for only 1 times. While the illustrated storybook is read to the experimental group, no intervention will be applied to the control group. The children will be assessed before, during and after. Fear, anxiety and emotional symptoms due to dental treatment procedure will be evaluated using the Children's Emotional Indicator Scale, Child Anxiety Scale-Stateness and Children's Fear Scale.
Interventions
OTHERReading a Pictorial Storybook
The pictorial storybook by children will be chosen by child psychologists. The book will be read to children by researcher. The researcher has a fairy tale therapy certificate. The pictorial storybook reading will start 15 minutes before the dental treatment process and will be completed before the treatment process begins.. The pictorial storybook will be read to children only one time.
Sponsors
Artvin Coruh University
Gamze Akay
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* No audiovisual impairment, * Being open to communication and * Must be accompanied by a parent.
Exclusion criteria
* Having special needs, * Having an audio-visual impairment, * Learning difficulties or mental retardation and * Children whose parents do not agree to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic Information Form | baseline | It is a form consisting of a total of 13 questions including the child's age, gender, diagnosis, duration of treatment, number of treatments (How many times did the child come to the clinic?), the status of receiving information about dental treatment and the person who received the information, the education level and occupation of the mother and father, the place where the family lives and the economic situation. It was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child anxiety Scale-State | baseline | Child Anxiety Scale-State scale developed by Ersig et al. in 2013 measures the state anxiety of children aged 4-10 years. In 2017, Gerceker et al. carried out Turkish validity study for the scale. CAS-S (State) is designed as a thermometer. At the bottom is the bulb chamber, and upward are horizontal lines. Each horizontal line represents a score, and the thermometer has 10 points. The bulb chamber at the bottom is 0 points and indicates that there is no anxiety. It is interpreted as the rise of anxiety as it rises upwards. The peak is worth 10 points and refers to the highest anxiety. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child Fear Scale | baseline | This scale was developed by McMurtry et al. in 2011. In 2018, Gerceker et al. carried out a Turkish validity study for the scale. The scale is aimed at children aged 5-10 years. The facial muscle changes in fearful expressions are drawn by a graphic artist based on photos of frightened faces. In this scale, the child is shown a scale containing five facial expressions that are evaluated between 0 and 4 points. While 0 point refers to no fear; 4 points refers to the highest fear. |
| The Children's Emotional Indicator Scale | baseline | The Children's Emotional Indicator Scale (CEAS) was developed by Li and Lopez and its Turkish validity and reliability was conducted by Çimke and Bayat. The scale consists of five categories of observable emotional behaviours (Facial expression, Vocalization, Activity, Interaction, and Level of cooperation). Each category has a value between 1-5. The total score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 5-25. The higher the scores obtained from the scale, the higher the negative emotional indicators. Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was 0.92. In the Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale, Cronbach's alpha value was determined as 0.94. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactGamze AKAY, 1
Backup ContactFatma GÜDÜCÜ TÜFEKCİ, 2
Outcome results
None listed