Testing of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Resource of Turkish Version

Altinbas University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy form for dental anxiety

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05285722

AltinbasU

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the cognitive behavioral therapy source of Turkish version of the 'message to dentist' (MTD) with children attending two dental settings.

Full description

Children aged 5-16 years attending a dental faculty clinic and a private dental office were invited to complete the MTD form. Children were asked to report how worried they felt, their level of pain they anticipated and the actual level of pain they experienced on a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being the best outcome).

Enrollment: 262 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Having dental anxiety but not having negative experiences during dental treatment in childhood or adolescence

• Without any systemical and mental diasabilities
• Who volunteered to participate in the study and whose parental consent was obtained.

Exclusion criteria

• not have dental anxiety
• having any systemical or mental disability
• having negative experiences during dental treatment in childhood or adolescence
• and who did not volunteer to participate in the study and did not have parental consent for the study were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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262 participants in 1 patient group

dental anxiety group

Other group

Description:

Children, * Aged 5-15 years * Having dental anxiety but not having negative experiences during dental treatment in childhood or adolescence * Without any systemical and mental diasabilities * Who volunteered to participate in the study and whose parental consent was obtained.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy form for dental anxiety