Presence of Aquarium in the Waiting Room of a Geriatric Dental Clinic
Effect of the Presence of an Aquarium in the Waiting Room on the Pre-treatment Stress and Anxiety Levels of Adult Patients and Reception Staff: a Controlled Clinical Trial
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Brief Summary
The participants in this study will be subjected to a specific clinic waiting area ambience (1- no aquarium, 2- presence of aquarium with no fish, and 3- aquarium with fish) for their period of waiting before their intended dental visit and their stress and anxiety levels will be measured. Heart rate, blood pressure will be measured and other upon their arrival into the dental clinic waiting area and then again after 20 minutes of waiting in the waiting area. Anxiety will be measured using a six-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6) questionnaire and the mood of the participants were assessed for valence and arousal, using the feeling scale, and the felt arousal scale. The data from the three different waiting room settings will be compared and statistically analysed to investigate if an aquarium has an impact, and in that case how.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jul 2020
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 3, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 16, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2021
CompletedJanuary 14, 2021
January 1, 2021
11 months
November 3, 2020
January 13, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (5)
Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)
Stress levels
Day 0
Heart rate
Stress levels
Day 0
STAI-6
6-item Short State Trait Anxiety Inventory
Day 0
Feeling scale
Mood
Day 0
Felt Arousal Scale
Mood
Day 0
Study Arms (3)
Control
OTHERNormal waiting room
Intervention#1
EXPERIMENTALWaiting room with partially-equipped aquarium (without fish)
Intervention#2
EXPERIMENTALWaiting room with fully-equipped aquarium (with fish)
Interventions
Waiting room with a partially-equipped Aquarium
Waiting room with a fully-equipped Aquarium
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Adults ≥18 years
- Able to give informed consent as documented by signature.
You may not qualify if:
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc.
- Visually impaired.
- Participants enrolled already in another clinical trial.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Clinic of General, Special care, and Geriatric Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8032, Switzerland
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Murali Srinivasan
University of Zurich
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 3, 2020
First Posted
November 16, 2020
Study Start
July 1, 2020
Primary Completion
June 1, 2021
Study Completion
June 1, 2021
Last Updated
January 14, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-01
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share