NCT03739346

Brief Summary

Anxiety and pain are emotions that the child often experiences in the dental office, generating the appearance of negative, uncooperative and even disruptive behaviors during the treatment; these make it difficult for dental care and the possibility of establishing a relationship of trust between the pediatric dentist and the patient. The pediatric dentist must promote a positive attitude of the child throughout the dental treatment, keep the child calm and avoid feeling pain is essential at each appointment. When carrying out dental treatments that are more invasive or painful for the patient, such as pulpotomies, it is difficult to distinguish and separate anxiety from pain. In this project, anxiety/pain will be managed as a whole, to assess it with the same scale, and to correlate the scores obtained with the variations in skin conductance and heart rate, before, during and after perform pulpotomies in children.

Trial Health

35
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
60

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Nov 2018

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Status
unknown

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 11, 2018

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

November 13, 2018

Completed
7 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 20, 2018

Completed
11 days until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2018

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

February 1, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

November 13, 2018

Status Verified

November 1, 2018

Enrollment Period

11 days

First QC Date

September 11, 2018

Last Update Submit

November 9, 2018

Conditions

Keywords

Dental anxietyPainChildPediatric dentistryHypnosis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Face, Legs, Activity, Cry and Consolability Scale

    A measurement used to assess pain for children between the ages of 2 months and 7 years or individuals that are unable to communicate their pain. The scale is scored in a range of 0-10 with 0 representing no pain. The scale has five criteria, which are each assigned a score of 0, 1 or 2. Each category is scored on the 0-2 scale which results in a total score of 0-10. 0 = Relaxed and comfortable 1-3 = Mild discomfort 4-6 = Moderate pain 7-10 = Severe discomfort/pain

    Change from score in baseline at score during pulpotomies and after pulpotomies, through study completation average 3 months.

Study Arms (2)

Control

EXPERIMENTAL

Tell, show, do technique

Behavioral: Tell, show, do technique

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Hypnosis.

Behavioral: Hypnosis

Interventions

HypnosisBEHAVIORAL

Therapeutic technique in which clinicians make suggestions to individuals who have undergone a procedure designed to relax them and focus their minds.

Intervention

The technique involves verbal explanations of procedures in phrases appropriate to the developmental level of the patient (tell); demonstrations for the patient of the visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile aspects of the procedure in a carefully defined, nonthreatening setting (show); and then, without deviating from the explanation and demonstration, completion of the procedure (do). Tell-show-do technique is used with communication skills (verbal and nonverbal) and positive reinforcement.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

Age5 Years - 7 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Without previous dental experiences, patients with clinical and radiographic indication of pulpotomy in at least one temporary inferior molar, clinically healthy patients, patients whose parents accept entry into the study and who sign the informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients who have received hypnosis before.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (23)

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    PMID: 28490941BACKGROUND
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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

Hypnosis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body TherapiesComplementary TherapiesTherapeuticsPsychotherapyBehavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

  • Mauricio Pierdant Pérez, Master

    Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Alejandra Ramírez, Specialist

CONTACT

Claudia Butrón Téllez-Girón, Master

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 11, 2018

First Posted

November 13, 2018

Study Start

November 20, 2018

Primary Completion

December 1, 2018

Study Completion

February 1, 2019

Last Updated

November 13, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share