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Effect of AV Distraction and Acuapoint Stimulation in Pediatric Extraction on Pain and Anxiety

Effectiveness of Audiovisual Distraction and Acuapoint Stimulation on Anxiety and Pain Perception During Tooth Extraction in Children: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study.

Status
Enrolling by invitation
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07371442
Acronym
AV Acupoint
Enrollment
69
Registered
2026-01-28
Start date
2025-02-02
Completion date
2026-02-15
Last updated
2026-01-28

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Conditions

Anxiety, Local Anesthesia, Pain, Tooth Extraction

Keywords

Audiovisual, acuapoint, acupressure, TSD, pain, anxiety, tooth extraction

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of audiovisual distraction and acuapoint stimulation on anxiety and pain perception during tooth extraction in children.

Interventions

DEVICEAcualief

Aculief acupressure device will be placed on the LI4 Point (figure 1) which is located on the hand between the thumb and index finger, also described as the depression where the index finger and thumb bone go apart. The LI4 point will be identified in each patient by asking the patient to adduct the thumb and index finger. The duration will be 5 minutes before LA administration. The administration of local anesthesia in all groups will be achieved by 1.8 ml of 2% Lidocaine with 1/100,000 epinephrine using a 30-gauge long needle

A dental video story will be presented to the patient using an iPad device connected to a noise cancellation headphone.

BEHAVIORALTELL SHOW DO

This group will be treated using Tell-show-do technique

Sponsors

Mansoura University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 8 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 1- Children with behavior rating score 2,3 according to Frankl's behavior rating scale. 2- Children aged 5-8 years requiring primary tooth extraction. 3- Healthy children free of systemic diseases

Exclusion criteria

* 1- Children with special health care needs.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
AnxietyWill be measured 5 minutes before LA , immediately before extraction and immediately after extraction The total VPT score was obtained by summing the values across all eight panels, with higher scores indicating greater levels of anxiety (range: 0-8).Anxiety will be measured by A) Pulse oximeter: Pulse oximeter was used to observe the physiological functions like heart rate and SpO₂. B) Venham's picture test: the child was presented with eight different cards. Each card held two pictures-a representation of the child expressing anxiety along with another representation of the same child in a relaxed mood. The child was asked to point out the picture in each pair that resembled how he/she was feeling. There was also an order in which the pictures had to be presented. Assigning the image depicting anxiety the score of 1 and the relaxed image the score of 0 helped in the coding process.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pain of the patientWill be evaluated immediately after the local anesthesia and tooth extraction using Wong Baker FACES Pain rating scale, ranging from a no pain (score 0) to one showing severe pain (score 5)will be evaluated by Wong baker FACES pain scale which is consist of six faces numbered ordinary from 0 to 5. ranging from a no pain (score 0) to one showing severe pain (score 5)

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026