An interventional study of Diagnostic interview and Combined interview and treatment. in Dental Fear, sponsored by University of Eastern Finland. Completed at 1 site in Finland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-11-15.
Sponsored by University of Eastern Finland · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
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.
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Intervention for this group include diagnostic interview. Oral health Impact Profile (OHIP 14) and Spielberg State and Trait Anxiety (STAI-1) questionnaires and behaviour analyses are used in diagnostic interview.
Behavioral: Diagnostic interview
Intervention for this group include both the diagnostic interview and one session treatment.
Behavioral: Diagnostic interview · Behavioral: Combined interview and treatment.
A profound interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care. Participants come from public and Private dental care.
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.
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
Time frame: 6 months
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.
Time frame: 6 months
Plan to share: No — It has been planned to use same data later in a follow-up study
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