Dental Anxiety, Child Behavior
Conditions
Interventions
The sample will be randomized through a draw, using brown envelopes, at the time of service, with the 99 participants allocated in 3 groups, 33 per group: the first will use audiovisual glasses (model
Sponsors
Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel
Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel
Eligibility
Age
6 Years to 10 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 6 and 10 years; both genders; overall good health; in need of restorative, endodontic, or extraction treatment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children with physical disabilities that prevent the use of glasses and tablets or mental disabilities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find a lower average pain perception (of at least 1 point) regarding the procedure, assessed by the Faces Pain Scale – Revised -FPS-R, in the groups using distraction. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety will be assessed before and after the intervention using the Modified Venham Picture Test, a projective self-analysis test. It is expected to observe a greater reduction in anxiety in the groups employing distraction.;It is expected that the frequency of cooperative behavior during the intervention, measured by the Brazilian Version of the Venham Scale, will be higher in the distraction groups than in the control group (at least 50%). | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMarília Goettems
Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel
Outcome results
None listed