Colors, Can They Reduce the Dental Anxiety

NCT06452836 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SelcukU004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigator's aim in this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety and pain felt during the operation due to exposure to green, red, and blue light. For this purpose, the participants will wear colored glasses before the operation. The investigator will evaluate the patient's anxiety change and the pain she/he feels during the procedure.

Conditions

Anxiety State; Anxiety; Tooth Extraction Status Nos

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in the Anxiety Score

  Patients complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) while seated in the dental unit. Ten minutes after the glasses are worn, patients fill out the anxiety scale again. Changes in the scores are the primary outcome of the study. The scale range is 20-40. A lower score means better results.

  1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in the oxygen saturation

  1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after

• Change in the pulsation

  1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after

• Intraoperative Pain Score

  1 minutes after the surgery

• Change in the salivary cortisol level

  1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after

• Change in the salivary alfa-amilase level

  1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after

Study Arms (4)

Translucent Glasses Group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Other: control

Green Colored Glasses Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Green color exposure

Red Colored Glasses Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Red color exposure

Blue Colored Glasses Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Blue color exposure

Interventions

Green color exposure OTHER

Patients will wear green colored glasses before and during the surgery.

Green Colored Glasses Group

control OTHER

Patients will wear translucent glasses before and during the surgery.

Translucent Glasses Group

Red color exposure OTHER

Patients will wear red colored glasses before and during the surgery.

Red Colored Glasses Group

Blue color exposure OTHER

Patients will wear blue colored glasses before and during the surgery.

Blue Colored Glasses Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• ASA 1 and ASA 2 patient population
• not having had a third molar surgery before
• volunteer to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• dental phobia
• patients who will be treated under general anesthesia
• refusing the measurements
• not filling out the VAS
• encountering complications during surgery
• operations lasting more than 45 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selcuk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Selcuk University, Faculty of Dentistry

Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Gökhan Gürses

  Selcuk University, Faculty of Dentistry

  STUDY CHAIR

• İsmail Okumuş

  Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2024
• First Posted: June 11, 2024
• Study Start: February 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: April 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

TU (1)