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NCT Number: NCT02919241

Diagnostic Interview and One-session Cognitive Therapy in Treatment of Dental Fear

Clinical trial of an application of cognitive behavioural one-session therapy method with patients who have severe or average dental fear/anxiety measured by Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). The intervention consists of two different parts: a diagnostic interview and one-session treatment of dental care. The method is based on One-Session Therapy manual (Öst & Skaret, 2013). 30 minimum 18 years old adults takes part to the study. They comes from three different places,primary care clinic, community dental care and dentist´s teaching clinic.

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Key information

Conditions

Dental Fear

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Eastern Finland

Kuopio, 70211, Finland

About this study

Purpose is to compare diagnostic interview (n=20) to diagnostic interview and one-session treatment of dental care (n=10). Partners come from three different places, 10 from each: public and private dental care and dental school. Participants from dental school take part to one-session treatment. All participants have normal dental care before final interview. Hypotheses is that dental fear/anxiety will decrease one category (5 points) when measured by Modified dental anxiety scale (MDAS) before the intervention and after normal dental care. Visual Analogue Scale is used to measure the strength of unpleasant feeling before and after intervention in both groups.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • MDAS 13 or over, dental care in normal circumstances doesn´t work, motivation to treat dental fear, minimum 18 year

Exclusion criteria

  • Mental disorder, dementia, pregnancy, acute state of somatic illness

Treatment and study plan

Diagnostic interview

Behavioral

A profound interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care. Participants come from public and Private dental care.

Combined interview and treatment.

Behavioral

Intervention for this group include both the diagnostic interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care and one session treatment. Participants come from the Institute of Dentistry.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in dental fear

    Time frame: 6 months

    Change in fear is measured by a questionnaire called Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). Change in fear is indicated by change in mean value of the MDAS between baseline and follow-up measurement

Secondary outcomes

  1. Compliance to care

    Time frame: 6 months

    Compliance to care is indicated if treatment defined before the baseline interview can be wholly executed. If patient interrupt treatment or cannot be executed at all after baseline interview, then compliance is not fulfilled.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Eastern Finland

Other

Registry information

Official study title

An Application of Treatment Regarding a Diagnostic Interview and One-session Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Effectiveness in Treatment of Dental Fear

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 29, 2016
Registry last updated
Nov 15, 2021

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