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

NCT02919241 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UKuopio 001/2016
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 29
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Dental Fear

Keywords

dental anxiety; cognitive therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in dental fear

  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

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Compliance to care

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Diagnostic interview

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention for this group include diagnostic interview. Oral health Impact Profile (OHIP 14) and Spielberg State and Trait Anxiety (STAI-1) questionnaires and behaviour analyses are used in diagnostic interview.

Behavioral: Diagnostic interview

Combined interview and treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention for this group include both the diagnostic interview and one session treatment.

Behavioral: Diagnostic interview; Behavioral: Combined interview and treatment.

Interventions

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; Diagnostic interview

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.

Combined interview and treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Eastern Finland: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Eastern Finland

Kuopio, 70211, Finland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Kurki P, Korhonen M, Honkalampi K, Suominen AL. Patients' multifaceted views of dental fear in a diagnostic interview. Acta Odontol Scand. 2021 Apr;79(3):194-204. doi: 10.1080/00016357.2020.1817545. Epub 2020 Sep 12.

  PMID: 32924725 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Liisa Suominen, Professor

  University of easthern Finland, Kuopio

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 23, 2016
• First Posted: September 29, 2016
• Study Start: August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: November 15, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FI (1)