Fear and Anxiety Level in Dental Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Investigation of Factors Associated With the Increased Fear and Anxiety in Dental Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: A Survey

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05191407
• Other study ID #: 70904504 /706
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 23, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 23, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Akdeniz University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Psychological support may be needed to help patients in the face of emotional disturbances that may be associated with the outbreak and to help them accomplish their fear and anxiety. Due to the increasing fear of COVID-19 transmission during the pandemic, patients may develop treatment avoidance behavior in dental practices. If the fear and anxiety levels of the patients can be determined, it may be easy to offer special approaches to them.

Description:

Officially, the first COVID-19 case in Turkey was diagnosed on March 10, 2020. To ensure social isolation, cities were locked down with residents to stay at home to prevent disease transmission. A very large part of the population may experience frustration, stress, and irritability while in isolation. Due to the prolonged lockdown and COVID-19 associated fear, the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens people's physical health and lives, is likely to trigger a wide variety of psychological problems such as anxiety and depression by increasing their stress levels.

The risk of cross-infection in dentistry has been described as considerably high due to close physical contact between dental professionals and patients, and aerosols production during routine dental treatments. In this uncertain process, patients remain undecided about attending their dental appointments. Their concern is associated with the risk of getting infected and transmitting the disease to family members. All these factors may increase the mental stress of patients.

The essential purpose of this study is to evaluate the COVID-19 fear and anxiety level, COVID-19 knowledge status, and information sources in dental patients in Turkey during the pandemic period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 301
• Est. completion date: October 23, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: October 23, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• willing to participate with providing informed consent;

• age =18 years

• able to understand and read & write the Turkish language.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not willing to participate with providing informed consent;

• age<18 years

• not able to understand and read & write the Turkish language

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• COVID-19
• Fear

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Akdeniz University	Antalya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zeliha Aytekin

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (2)

Al-Rahimi JS, Nass NM, Hassoubah SA, Wazqar DY, Alamoudi SA. Levels and predictors of fear and health anxiety during the current outbreak of COVID-19 in immunocompromised and chronic disease patients in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional correlational study. — View Citation

Temsah MH, Al-Sohime F, Alamro N, Al-Eyadhy A, Al-Hasan K, Jamal A, Al-Maglouth I, Aljamaan F, Al Amri M, Barry M, Al-Subaie S, Somily AM. The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country. J Infect Public Health. 2020 Jun;13(6):877-882. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.05.021. Epub 2020 May 29. Erratum in: J Infect Public Health. 2020 Oct;13(10):1599. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	fear of COVID-19	The fear of participants is measured by the Turkish validated version of the fear of COVID-19 Scale.	last six month ( from the beggining of the pandemic to time of survey)
Primary	anxiety	The anxiety level of the participants is measured by the Turkish version of Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale	last two weeks