Clinical Estimation of Dental Anxiety

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Estimated level of DA; Diagnostic Test: MDAS

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03596255

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction: Dental anxiety (DA) is treatable and preventable when dental personnel correctly estimate the patient's level of DA. Objective: To evaluate dental personnel's ability to estimate DA.

Full description

Method: All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination. The patient rated DA using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and a Visual Analogue Scale of dental anxiety (DA-VAS). The patient also recorded gender, age, level of education and confidence in handling DA. After the examination, the dental personnel estimated the patient's level of DA (eDA) on a VAS. The examiner also recorded gender, age, profession, years of experience, country of education, interest in DA, special education concerning DA and confidence in ability to handle DA.

Enrollment: 1,230 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients returning for their annual examination on a public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden during a two week period.

Exclusion criteria

inability to fill in the questionnaire

Trial design

1,230 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients

Description:

All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: MDAS

Dental personnel

Description:

All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden were contacted and asked to participate in the study

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Estimated level of DA