Waiting Room's Environment and Children Anxiety Prior Dental Treatment
The Effect of Waiting Room's Environment on the Levels of Anxiety Experienced by Children Prior Dental Treatment
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interventional
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Brief Summary
The amount of time the patient has spent awaiting treatment and the nature of the waiting room environment influence the anxiety level prior treatment. The objective of the present study is to compare the effect of waiting room's environment on the levels of anxiety experienced by children, in sensory adapted dental environment (SADE) and traditional waiting rooms. A parallel randomized trial. The participants will be randomly assigned to one type of waiting room. The participants will be asked to answer Venham Picture Test (VPT) scale while waiting in the waiting room just before entering the clinic.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2018
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 20, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 23, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 31, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2019
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
November 5, 2021
CompletedNovember 5, 2021
February 1, 2020
1.1 years
June 20, 2017
March 24, 2021
October 7, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Dental Anxiety
According to Venham Picture Test (VPT) scale. A measure of anxiety is obtained by totaling the number of times the child picks the figure depicting the anxious state :minimum score 0; maximum score 8. A score of 0 means low anxiety, a score of 8 means high anxiety.
Dental anxiety will be assessed while waiting in the waiting room, up to 1 hour
Study Arms (2)
SADE waiting room
EXPERIMENTALchildren that will wait in the SADE waiting room
Traditional waiting room
NO INTERVENTIONchildren that will wait in the traditional waiting room
Interventions
The SADE waiting room: a small waiting room (2.5mx2.5m) inside the clinic with 6 seats. A lighting column that children can touch and climb on. Auditory stimuli include rhythmic music, which is heard via loudspeakers.
Eligibility Criteria
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Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Hadassah Medical Organization
Jerusalem, Hadassah, 91120, Israel
Related Publications (1)
Fux-Noy A, Zohar M, Herzog K, Shmueli A, Halperson E, Moskovitz M, Ram D. The effect of the waiting room's environment on level of anxiety experienced by children prior to dental treatment: a case control study. BMC Oral Health. 2019 Dec 30;19(1):294. doi: 10.1186/s12903-019-0995-y.
PMID: 31888588DERIVED
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Dr. Avia Fux-Noy
- Organization
- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, P.O.Box 12272
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 20, 2017
First Posted
June 23, 2017
Study Start
January 1, 2018
Primary Completion
January 31, 2019
Study Completion
May 1, 2019
Last Updated
November 5, 2021
Results First Posted
November 5, 2021
Record last verified: 2020-02
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share