Diagnostic Interview and One-session Cognitive Therapy in Treatment of Dental Fear

Dental Fear Clinical Trial

Official title:

An Application of Treatment Regarding a Diagnostic Interview and One-session Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Effectiveness in Treatment of Dental Fear

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02919241
• Other study ID #: UKuopio 001/2016
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2016
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: University of Eastern Finland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical trial of an application of cognitive behavioural one-session therapy method with patients who have severe or average dental fear/anxiety measured by Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). The intervention consists of two different parts: a diagnostic interview and one-session treatment of dental care. The method is based on One-Session Therapy manual (Öst & Skaret, 2013). 30 minimum 18 years old adults takes part to the study. They comes from three different places,primary care clinic, community dental care and dentist´s teaching clinic.

Description:

Purpose is to compare diagnostic interview (n=20) to diagnostic interview and one-session treatment of dental care (n=10). Partners come from three different places, 10 from each: public and private dental care and dental school. Participants from dental school take part to one-session treatment. All participants have normal dental care before final interview. Hypotheses is that dental fear/anxiety will decrease one category (5 points) when measured by Modified dental anxiety scale (MDAS) before the intervention and after normal dental care. Visual Analogue Scale is used to measure the strength of unpleasant feeling before and after intervention in both groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 29
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• MDAS 13 or over, dental care in normal circumstances doesn´t work, motivation to treat dental fear, minimum 18 year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mental disorder, dementia, pregnancy, acute state of somatic illness

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dental Fear

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Diagnostic interview
A profound interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care. Participants come from public and Private dental care.
• Combined interview and treatment.
Intervention for this group include both the diagnostic interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care and one session treatment. Participants come from the Institute of Dentistry.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	University of Eastern Finland	Kuopio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Eastern Finland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in dental fear	Change in fear is measured by a questionnaire called Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). Change in fear is indicated by change in mean value of the MDAS between baseline and follow-up measurement	6 months
Secondary	Compliance to care	Compliance to care is indicated if treatment defined before the baseline interview can be wholly executed. If patient interrupt treatment or cannot be executed at all after baseline interview, then compliance is not fulfilled.	6 months