Evaluation of Custom-designed Dental Storybook on the Dental Anxiety and Behavior of Children
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: tell show do behavior management technique, a costume-designed storybook.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Child Behavior, Dental Anxiety. Basic parameters: 4 years — 8 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Comparative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Custom-designed Dental Storybook Vs Tell Show Do on the Dental Anxiety and Behavior of Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
Conventional behavior management techniques, namely: verbal communication and tell-show-do were used in the operatory for the participating children (Group A). The children allocated in intervention group (Group B) received a costume-designed storybook explaining the diagnosis and procedures of occlusal composite restoration
Interventions
- Behavioral tell show do behavior management technique
tell show do behavior management technique about the the diagnosis and procedures of dental restoration - Behavioral a costume-designed storybook
a costume-designed storybook explaining the diagnosis and procedures of dental restoration
Primary outcome measures
- Child anxiety [Time frame: through study completion, an average of four months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Pulse rate [Time frame: through study completion, an average of four months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- • Healthy children and children/parents can read and understand Arabic.
- The child needs an occlusal composite restoration.
Exclusion criteria
- Children with special needs; children with a complete audiovisual impairment; children with
- Learning difficulties or mental retardation.
- Children who are not Arabic speakers.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- October University of Modern Sciences and Arts — Cairo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06711367 · REC-D