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Improving Adolescent-dentist Interaction Through Digital Technology

NCT03907514 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 184

Last updated 2020-02-19

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Summary

The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of a digital tool on the interaction between the dentist and the adolescent patient, concerning the level of dental anxiety and communication. To achieve this purpose, a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial will be performed using a short version of e-SAID (Survey of Anxiety and Information for Dentists) in Portuguese (FALE). That is, the intervention to be tested is an application usage, which will contain a questionnaire with questions supposedly made by the dentist, about feelings regarding the dental appointment and preferences for coping with dental treatment. Thus, the use of this digital tool aims to facilitate communication, favoring the adolescent-dentist relationship, and establishing empathy.

Conditions

  • Dental Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

"FALE" Application

"FALE" is a digital tool, in the form of an application for smartphones, which aims to demonstrate empathy and facilitate communication between the adolescent patient and the dentist. The application contains 14 questions regarding dental anxiety, feelings and patient coping preferences regarding dental care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Pernambuco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Viviane Colares, Professor · University of Pernambuco

  • Trícia Mayer, PhD student · University of Pernambuco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-04
Primary Completion
2019-11-28
Completion
2019-11-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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