Diagnostic Interview and One-session Cognitive Therapy in Treatment of Dental Fear

N/ACompletedNCT02919241

University of Eastern Finland29 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Dental Fear

Interventions

Diagnostic interviewBEHAVIORAL

A profound interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care. Participants come from public and Private dental care.

Combined interview and treatment.BEHAVIORAL

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * MDAS 13 or over, dental care in normal circumstances doesn´t work, motivation to treat dental fear, minimum 18 year Exclusion Criteria: * Mental disorder, dementia, pregnancy, acute state of somatic illness

Locations (1)

University of Eastern Finland

Kuopio, Finland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

Secondary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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