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Waiting Room's Environment and Children Anxiety Prior Dental Treatment

NCT03197129 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2021-11-05

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Summary

The amount of time the patient has spent awaiting treatment and the nature of the waiting room environment influence the anxiety level prior treatment. The objective of the present study is to compare the effect of waiting room's environment on the levels of anxiety experienced by children, in sensory adapted dental environment (SADE) and traditional waiting rooms. A parallel randomized trial. The participants will be randomly assigned to one type of waiting room. The participants will be asked to answer Venham Picture Test (VPT) scale while waiting in the waiting room just before entering the clinic.

Conditions

  • Dental Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

sensory adapted waiting room

The SADE waiting room: a small waiting room (2.5mx2.5m) inside the clinic with 6 seats. A lighting column that children can touch and climb on. Auditory stimuli include rhythmic music, which is heard via loudspeakers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-01-31
Completion
2019-05-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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