Preferences About Personal Protective Equipment

Dental Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Children and Parents' Preferences About the Appearance of Dentists With Respect to Personal Protective Equipment in Pediatric Dentistry

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04933578
• Other study ID #: 81
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 5, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Personal protective equipment (PPE) gained importance during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is a global hot topic for all healthcare staff.

Description:

To assess children and parents preferences about dentists' appearance concerning their PPE and to determine the relationship between the preferences of the children and their parents. A total of 250 children aged with 6-12 years and their parents were enrolled in the study. Standardised pictures with different sex, attire, eye protector, hair protector, mask and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and asked to chose their preferences. Dental anxiety of children and their parents were determined with MCDASf and MDAS, respectively. Decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT) index was employed to the children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: April 5, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged 6-12 years and their parents,
• intellectually sufficient to complete the questionnaire,
• with voluntariness to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• had mental or physical disorders, cooperation problems or dental pain

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior, Child
• Dental Anxiety
• Preference, Patient

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Dental anxiety scales
The Faces Version of Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDASf), which is a psychometric dental anxiety scale for children with eight questions, was used to determine the dental anxiety levels of the children. The scores of each question are represented by varying cartoon faces according to emotions ranging from 1 'relaxed' to 5 'very anxious'. The total scores range from 8 to 40. The scores were categorized as not anxious (>9), slightly anxious (9-16), fairly anxious (17-24), very anxious (25-32), and extremely anxious (33-40). the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was administered to parents, differently from children. The MDAS has five questions. The scores of each question range from 1 'relaxed' to 5 'very anxious.' The total score ranges from 5 to 25.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sema Aydinoglu	Rize

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To assess children and parents preferences about dentists' appearance concerning their PPE and to determine the relationship between the preferences of the children and their parents according to dental anxiety levels.	Standardised pictures with different sex, attire, eye protector, hair protector, mask and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and asked to chose their preferences. Dental anxiety of children and their parents were determined with MCDASf and MDAS, respectively.	for two months from the beginning of the study