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Effect of VR vs Screens on Children's Dental Anxiety, Pain and Behavior

NCT05157438 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2023-11-18

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Summary

Virtual reality distraction is intended to reduce the pain experience by distracting the patient attention from the pain stimulating procedure. Then, it breaks the cycle of negative experiences by improving the dental experience. The study's aim is to compare the effect of virtual reality to the effect of screen programs on dental anxiety, pain and behavior at different time points among children undergoing dental treatment under local anesthesia. The null hypothesis assumes that virtual reality has no effect on reducing the children's pain or anxiety and there is no difference between virtual reality and screen programs in improving the children's behavior and dental experience. The study's design is a cross-over, split mouth trial in which each patient will have similar dental treatments on each side, but with different distraction techniques.

Conditions

  • Dental Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

virtual reality device

The virtual reality device is a 3D head-mounted display which provides a wide field of view and a high-resolution visual display, it has been used to manage cases of phobia and extreme fear through the use of exposure-based treatment programs. The virtual reality system consists of head mounted glasses, a compatible smartphone and headphones. This technology creates a computer stimulated virtual environment into which the child can be entirely immersed. It works to distract the brain from the painful procedure and reduce the perception of pain stimuli

BEHAVIORAL

screen programs

the screens are used for distraction during dental treatments. they could be on tablets, iPads or televisions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amal S Abdelatty, Masters · Cairo University

  • Cairo University · 11 El-Saraya St. - Manial - Cairo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-01-01
Completion
2024-03-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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