Correlation of Children and Parental Anxiety and Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises on Anxiety Reduction

Mansoura University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Bubble Blower Breathing; Behavioral: Tell Show Do; Behavioral: Diaphragmatic Breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06279091

A0104023PP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study to evaluate the correlation between children and parental dental anxiety as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of breathing exercises on anxiety reduction.

Full description

This study evaluated The Correlation of Children and Parental Anxiety and Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises on Anxiety Reduction

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 5_8 years old.
• Moderate or severe dental anxiety based on the (CDAS).
• Good general health, free from any systemic diseases or psychological disorders.
• Teeth indicated for restoration treatment under local anesthesia.
• No allergy to anesthetic drugs

Exclusion criteria

• Use of analgesics before treatment.
• Presenting with acute pain and requiring emergency dental treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

tell show do technique

Experimental group

Description:

apply normal treatment with basic behavioral technique as a control group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tell Show Do

Diaphragmatic breathing technique

Experimental group

Description:

apply normal treatment with breathing exercises as relaxation and distruction technique to reduce the dental anxiety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diaphragmatic Breathing

Bubble Blower breathing technique

Experimental group

Description:

apply normal treatment with breathing exercises by bubbleblower which is a play therapy as relaxation and distruction technique to reduce the dental anxiety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Bubble Blower Breathing