Evaluation of effect of relaxation technique (Muscle Relaxation) on behavioral management and anxiety control of ADHD children during dental treatment.
Evaluation of effect of relaxation technique (Muscle Relaxation) on behavioral management and anxiety control of ADHD children during dental treatment compared to Tell Show Do technique (control group) using modified Frankl scale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
* Ask the child to lie down in a comfortable position. Ask him/her to notice how their muscles feel in each part of the body. Taking one area of the body at a time (face, shoulders, arms, hands, fingers, abdomen, legs, feet, and toes). * Instruct the child to contract the muscles for 5 seconds, take a deep breath, and release. * Next, instruct the child to contract all muscles simultaneously, hold for 5 seconds, then release. * Finally, ask him/her to notice how his/her muscles feel after the exercise.
Modified Frankl Scale for child cooperation
Rating 1: DEFINITLY NEGATIVE (--): Refusal of treatment, crying forcefully, fearful, or any other overt evidence of extreme negativism. * Rating 2: NEGATIVE (-): Reluctant to accept treatment, uncooperative, some evidence of negative attitude but not pronounced, i.e. sullen, withdrawn. * Rating 3: NEGATIVE POSITIVE (-+): Fluctuation between uncooperativeness and some evidence of unpronounced negative attitude, and cautious acceptance to treatment with reservation shifting throughout the visit. * Rating 4: POSITIVE (+): Acceptance of treatment; at times cautious, willingness to comply with the dentist, at times with reservation but patient follows the dentist's directions cooperatively. * Rating 5: DEFINITLY POSITIVE (++): Good rapport with the dentist, interested in the dental procedures, laughing and enjoying the situation.
Time frame: one day
Completion of treatment
weather the dental treatment completed or not
Time frame: one day
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