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Presence of Aquarium in the Waiting Room of a Geriatric Dental Clinic

NCT04630600 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2021-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The participants in this study will be subjected to a specific clinic waiting area ambience (1- no aquarium, 2- presence of aquarium with no fish, and 3- aquarium with fish) for their period of waiting before their intended dental visit and their stress and anxiety levels will be measured. Heart rate, blood pressure will be measured and other upon their arrival into the dental clinic waiting area and then again after 20 minutes of waiting in the waiting area. Anxiety will be measured using a six-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6) questionnaire and the mood of the participants were assessed for valence and arousal, using the feeling scale, and the felt arousal scale. The data from the three different waiting room settings will be compared and statistically analysed to investigate if an aquarium has an impact, and in that case how.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention

Normal waiting room without an aquarium

OTHER

Partially-equipped aquarium in the waiting area

Waiting room with a partially-equipped Aquarium

OTHER

Fully-equipped aquarium in the waiting area

Waiting room with a fully-equipped Aquarium

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Murali Srinivasan · University of Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-01
Primary Completion
2021-06-01
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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