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Clinical Management of Anxiety and Access to Health Care

NCT02081365 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 151

Last updated 2017-01-27

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Summary

Dental and health anxiety are common and potentially distressing problems, for both patients and health care providers. Anxiety has been identified as a barrier to regular dental visits and as an important target for enhancement of oral health-related quality of life. possible groups, (1) high dental anxiety and (2) low dental anxiety. The study aimed to develop and evaluate a computerized cognitive-behavioral therapy dental anxiety intervention (C-CBT) that could be easily implemented in dental healthcare settings.

A cognitive-behavioral protocol based on psychoeducation, exposure to feared dental procedures, and cognitive restructuring was developed. A randomized controlled trial was conducted (N=151) to test its efficacy. Consenting adult dental patients who met inclusion (e.g., high dental anxiety) and exclusion criteria were randomized to one of two groups, (1) immediate treatment (IT) (n=74) or (2) a waitlist control (WL) (n=77).

Conditions

  • Dental Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Computerized Dental Anxiety Treatment

The Computerized Dental Anxiety Treatment Program consists of treatment modules that are be delivered through a computer. The modules use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to assist the participant in preparing a personal plan for managing his/her dental anxiety. The program incorporates a range of CBT techniques, including cognitive restructuring, exposure, and motivational interviewing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pennsylvania Department of Health

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marisol Tellez, Ph.D. · Temple University Kornberg School or Dentistry

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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