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2024-05-06 @ 1:00 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 1:07 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT03907514
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2020-02-19
First Post:
2019-01-31
Brief Title:
Improving Adolescent-dentist Interaction Through Digital Technology
Sponsor:
University of Pernambuco
Organization:
University of Pernambuco
Study Overview
Official Title:
Impact of the Use of Digital Technology in Adolescent-dentist Interaction Randomized Clinical Trial
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2020-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of a digital tool on the interaction between the dentist and the adolescent patient concerning the level of dental anxiety and communication To achieve this purpose a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial will be performed using a short version of e-SAID Survey of Anxiety and Information for Dentists in Portuguese FALE That is the intervention to be tested is an application usage which will contain a questionnaire with questions supposedly made by the dentist about feelings regarding the dental appointment and preferences for coping with dental treatment Thus the use of this digital tool aims to facilitate communication favoring the adolescent-dentist relationship and establishing empathy
Detailed Description:
The target population consists of patients between 10 and 19 years old attending the Adolescent Clinic in the Dental School of the Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE campus of Recife The sample will consist of 184 adolescents 92 in each group intervention and control Randomization will be stratified according to sex age and presence or absence of dental anxiety In the waiting room before the dental appointment the adolescents in the intervention group IG will use the FALE application to answer the questionnaire and assess the level of anxiety Those in the control group CG will only record their level of anxiety The undergraduates responsible for attending the IG participants will receive prior to dental care a report of the answers given by the adolescents through the application During the dental consultation a psychologist who will be observing the care will evaluate the adolescents behavior considering cooperation After the appointment the adolescent will evaluate how much heshe felt benefited by the use of the app how he evaluates the communication between himher and the dentist if heshe thinks that the app contributed with this communication hisher satisfaction with dental treatment and hisher satisfaction with the undergraduate attendance The undergraduate will also evaluate hisher level of satisfaction with the applications use how heshe evaluates the communication between himher and the adolescent patient how much the application has helped with this communication and the degree of patients cooperation during the dental consultation Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis will be performed using appropriate tests through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software version 21 and significance level of 5
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None