Preferences About Personal Protective Equipment

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital500 enrolled

Overview

Personal protective equipment (PPE) gained importance during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is a global hot topic for all healthcare staff.

To assess children and parents preferences about dentists' appearance concerning their PPE and to determine the relationship between the preferences of the children and their parents. A total of 250 children aged with 6-12 years and their parents were enrolled in the study. Standardised pictures with different sex, attire, eye protector, hair protector, mask and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and asked to chose their preferences. Dental anxiety of children and their parents were determined with MCDASf and MDAS, respectively. Decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT) index was employed to the children.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

500

Conditions

Dental Anxiety Behavior, Child Preference, Patient

Interventions

Dental anxiety scalesBEHAVIORAL

* The Faces Version of Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDASf), which is a psychometric dental anxiety scale for children with eight questions, was used to determine the dental anxiety levels of the children. The scores of each question are represented by varying cartoon faces according to emotions ranging from 1 'relaxed' to 5 'very anxious'. The total scores range from 8 to 40. The scores were categorized as not anxious (\>9), slightly anxious (9-16), fairly anxious (17-24), very anxious (25-32), and extremely anxious (33-40). * the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was administered to parents, differently from children. The MDAS has five questions. The scores of each question range from 1 'relaxed' to 5 'very anxious.' The total score ranges from 5 to 25.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 12 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * aged 6-12 years and their parents, * intellectually sufficient to complete the questionnaire, * with voluntariness to take part in the study Exclusion Criteria: * had mental or physical disorders, cooperation problems or dental pain

Locations (1)

Sema Aydinoğlu

Rize, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Standardised pictures with different sex, attire, eye protector, hair protector, mask and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and asked to chose their preferences. Dental anxiety of children and their parents were determined with MCDASf and MDAS, respectively.

Time frame: for two months from the beginning of the study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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