Evaluating the Effects of Psychological Stress on Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Patients Visiting Pediatric and General Dental Clinic
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: to compare the effect of environment and attitude of dentist in children visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic and general dental clinic ..
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Salivary Cortisol, Salivary Alpha Amylase. Basic parameters: 4 years — 6 years · Male.
- 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- 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
Evaluating the Effects of Psychological Stress on Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Patients
Overview
the goal of this study is to test the effect of psychological stress on pediatric patients visiting specialized and general dental clinic by measure salivary cortisol and salivary alpha amylase and by use children fear survey schedule -dental subscale . 80 male subjects will be enrolled in this study between 4-6 years old with first dental visit ,40 subjects visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic to see the effect of specific environment and attitude of dentist on child stress ,and 40 subjects visiting general dental clinic with normal environment and general dentist . the method of study is by taking two saliva sample from child , first when he will enter the clinic at reception and second after half hour when he will diagnosed without any type of treatment.
Interventions
- Behavioral to compare the effect of environment and attitude of dentist in children visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic and general dental clinic .
the investigators will measure salivary cortisol and salivary alpha amylase and using children fear dental survey schedule - dental subscale
Primary outcome measures
- salivary alpha amylase [Time frame: Baseline: saliva collection for cortisol and salivary alpha amylase measurement. up to half hour :saliva collection will be performed again as described at base line visit.]
- salivary cortisol [Time frame: Baseline: saliva collection for cortisol and salivary alpha amylase measurement. up to half hour :saliva collection will be performed again as described at base line visit.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- male
- 4-6 years old
- first dental visit
- patients with no systemic disease
Exclusion criteria
- medically compressed patient
- patients with systemic disease
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-crossover
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06917976 · AL- Mustansiriyah University