Technological Contributions to Behavior Guidance Techniques (Pediatrics)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior; Dental Anxiety; Child; Pain; Mobile Applications

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06912789

2023/244

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effects of three different behavior guidance methods on children's dental anxiety and pain perception.

Full description

This study will include 63 children aged 6-8 years who will require pulpotomy followed by a Class II composite restoration and will be divided into three groups: tell-show-do (TSD; Group 1), TSD with video modeling (Group 2), and TSD with a mobile phone application (Group 3). Systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), and hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SPO2) of the participants will be recorded before the procedure, after local anesthesia, after pulpotomy, and at the end of the procedure. Faces Version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDAS f), Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS), and Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) pain scales will be applied.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the patients had no previous dental treatment,
• were between ages 6 and 8 years, accepted treatment accompanied by parents,
• scored 3 (positive) or 4 (definitely positive) on the Frankl behavior scale,
• had no systemic disease,
• did not need emergency dental treatment, one of the upper molars required pulpotomy followed by a Class II composite restoration,
• had no mental or physical disabilities,
• understood the commands, and whose parents agreed to participate in the study
• signed the consent form.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria included those who needed other asymptomatic root canal treatment other than pulpotomy indication,
• needed restorative treatment due to a history of dental trauma, those who did not want to be included voluntarily,
• who cried during the procedure or left the treatment unfinished,
• who were determined to be negative (2) or definitely negative (1) according to the Frankl behavior assessment scale.

Trial design

63 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1: tell-show-do application

Description:

The treatment procedure and the exact steps will be explained to the child verbally, after which all the tools and equipment required for the treatment will be shown to the child, before the pulpotomy is performed.

Group 2: tell-show-do with video modeling application

Description:

The treatment procedure and the exact steps will be explained to the child with TSD, a 4 min 33 sec behavioral guidance video will be presented to the child (https://youtu.be/ir1cyjqsWq4?si=pn7jPwzcDfuMHcq).

Group 3: tell-show-do with mobile phone application

Description:

The treatment procedure and the exact steps will be explained to the child with tell-show-do and the Roogies application will be presented to the children together. Roogies is a freely available application (https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/roogies/id1542220556?l=tr).