Children's Dental Anxiety in Relation to Parental Dental Anxiety, Child's Age and Gender and Caries Experience

NCT06437249 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: children dental anxiety
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 74
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Determine the relation of of Children's dental anxiety to Parental Dental anxiety, child's age and gender and caries experience will be obtained through written questionnaires (ACDAS) and (CDAS) to the child and parents of children aged 6-8 years old in the clinic.

Conditions

Child Dental Anxiety

Keywords

Parental dental anxiety; Child dental anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Child dental anxiety

  Using Abeer children dental anxiety SCALE Questionnaire Score score 1 happy 2 Ok 3 Scared

  Two months

• Level of anxiety

  record Heart rate number using fingertip pulse oximeter

  Two months

• Caries experience

  Using dental caries indices ( Decayed Missed Filling and Decayed Exposed to extraction Filling ) in mixed dentition

  Two months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Parental dental anxiety

  Two months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

1. Gender: Male and Female. 2. Age: 6-8 years old * in Pediatric Clinic in Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department-faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt. * parents will be interviewed by the examiner and the questionnaire will be filled.

You may qualify if:

• Children range in age from 6-8 years old.
• First dental visit.
• Accompanied by their parents.
• Both male and female included.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with Physical or mental disabilities.
• Children who refuse to participate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cairo University

Cairo, Almanial, Egypt, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Coric A, Banozic A, Klaric M, Vukojevic K, Puljak L. Dental fear and anxiety in older children: an association with parental dental anxiety and effective pain coping strategies. J Pain Res. 2014 Aug 20;7:515-21. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S67692. eCollection 2014.

  PMID: 25187737 RESULT

• Corah NL, Gale EN, Illig SJ. Assessment of a dental anxiety scale. J Am Dent Assoc. 1978 Nov;97(5):816-9. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1978.0394.

  PMID: 31377 RESULT

• Al-Namankany A, Ashley P, Petrie A. The development of a dental anxiety scale with a cognitive component for children and adolescents. Pediatr Dent. 2012 Nov-Dec;34(7):e219-24.

  PMID: 23265158 RESULT

• Aditya PVA, Prasad MG, Nagaradhakrishna A, Raju NS, Babu DN. Comparison of effectiveness of three distraction techniques to allay dental anxiety during inferior alveolar nerve block in children: A randomized controlled clinical trial. Heliyon. 2021 Sep 29;7(9):e08092. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08092. eCollection 2021 Sep.

  PMID: 34632153 RESULT

Study Officials

• Ola Mustafa, professor

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Ghadeer Jawad, Master

CONTACT

00201220262599; ghadeerja08558@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Target Duration: 1 Month
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator Ghadeer Jaafar Ali

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 21, 2024
• First Posted: May 31, 2024
• Study Start: June 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2024
• Study Completion: February 1, 2025
• Last Updated: May 31, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Locations

EG (1)