Preferences About Personal Protective E… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Dental Anxiety Behavior Behavior, Child Child Behavior Health Behavior Patient Preference Patient Satisfaction Preference, Patient Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Age range

6 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Sema Aydinoğlu

Rize, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

To assess children and parents preferences about dentists' appearance concerning their PPE and to determine the relationship between the preferences of the children and their parents.

A total of 250 children aged with 6-12 years and their parents were enrolled in the study. Standardised pictures with different sex, attire, eye protector, hair protector, mask and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and asked to chose their preferences. Dental anxiety of children and their parents were determined with MCDASf and MDAS, respectively. Decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT) index was employed to the children.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

aged 6-12 years and their parents,
intellectually sufficient to complete the questionnaire,
with voluntariness to take part in the study

Exclusion criteria

had mental or physical disorders, cooperation problems or dental pain

Treatment and study plan

Dental anxiety scales

Behavioral

The Faces Version of Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDASf), which is a psychometric dental anxiety scale for children with eight questions, was used to determine the dental anxiety levels of the children. The scores of each question are represented by varying cartoon faces according to emotions ranging from 1 'relaxed' to 5 'very anxious'. The total scores range from 8 to 40. The scores were categorized as not anxious (>9), slightly anxious (9-16), fairly anxious (17-24), very anxious (25-32), and extremely anxious (33-40).
the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was administered to parents, differently from children. The MDAS has five questions. The scores of each question range from 1 'relaxed' to 5 'very anxious.' The total score ranges from 5 to 25.

Primary outcomes

To assess children and parents preferences about dentists' appearance concerning their PPE and to determine the relationship between the preferences of the children and their parents according to dental anxiety levels.

Time frame: for two months from the beginning of the study

Standardised pictures with different sex, attire, eye protector, hair protector, mask and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and asked to chose their preferences. Dental anxiety of children and their parents were determined with MCDASf and MDAS, respectively.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Children and Parents' Preferences About the Appearance of Dentists With Respect to Personal Protective Equipment in Pediatric Dentistry

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Jun 21, 2021
Registry last updated: Jun 21, 2021

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