To Assess Breathing Exercise as a Relaxation Method

Ain Shams University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Breathing exercise; Behavioral: Deep breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06698523

PED23-4M

Details and patient eligibility

About

in this study investigator evaluate the effectiveness of breathing exercise using two different play toys in reducing dental anxiety.

Full description

bubble blower and pin wheel are used to facilitate breathing exercise and to reduce dental anxiety hence more cooperation of participants during dental treatment

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children that had been introduced to dental setting without receiving any dental treatment
• According to Corah 's dental anxiety scale children classified with score 19 or more
• No learning disability or psychological disorder or parental anxiety

Exclusion criteria

• children in emergency visit
• Allergy to anesthetic drugs
• Use of analgesic before treatment
• Teeth with necrotic pulp
• children whose parents refused to sign informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Tell- show-Do

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group

Bubble-blower

Experimental group

Description:

breathing exercise technique using bubble-blower

Treatment:

Behavioral: Breathing exercise

Pin-wheel

Experimental group

Description:

breathing exercise technique using Pin-wheel

Treatment:

Behavioral: Deep breathing