Effect of PlayStation Distraction in the Dental Setting

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Status: Completed

Conditions: Global Behaviour Measure

Treatments: Behavioral: Patients will play a video game with Rimax® multimedia eyeglasses that occlude the environment partially during the second treatment visit.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02180386

UIC-ODP-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study was to assess whether the behavior, anxiety, and dental pain of pediatric patients during dental treatment improves when a video game is played as method of distraction.

Full description

global behavior Parental perception of patients' anxiety Patient's anxiety dental pain Heart Rate

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 6-8 years.
• Patients who required a minimum of 2 visits for restorative treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with reduced audiovisual capabilities.
• Patients with psychological disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will play a video game with Rimax® multimedia eyeglasses that occlude the environment partially during the second treatment visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Patients will play a video game with Rimax® multimedia eyeglasses that occlude the environment partially during the second treatment visit.