CompletedNot Applicable

Impact of Dental Anxiety Coping Module on Children With Dental Anxiety

Malaysia60 participantsStarted 2024-10-10

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Dental Anxiety Coping Module (DACM) in children with dental anxiety. The main questions to answer are: 1. Will the Dental Anxiety Coping Module has any effect on dental anxiety in primary school children based on MY-ACDAS and HRV-Biofeedback? 2. Is there any difference in dental anxiety between control and intervention group on baseline and post-test measured with MY-ACDAS? 3. Is there any difference in dental anxiety between control and intervention group on baseline, during and post-test measured with and HRV-Biofeedback?

Who can participate

Age range7 Years – 11 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Malaysian child, age 7 to 11 years old that understand basic Malay and English language. * Children that fulfil both MY-ACDAS score 26 and above and HRV-Biofeedback of very low coherence score (incoherence). * Children with American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) I and ASA II classification. Exclusion Criteria: * Children requiring emergency treatment such as pain, facial cellulitis, and trauma cases. * Child with learning disabilities, hearing, or visual impairment, developmental or intellectual disability and cognitive impairment. * Parents/guardians who refuse to allow their child to participate in this trial.

What they're measuring

Changes in Malaysian- Abeer Children Dental Anxiety Scale (MY-ACDAS) score

Timeframe: Before intervention and dental procedure and immediately afterwards on the same day

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06483828

SponsorUniversity of Malaya

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-07-15

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