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

November 10, 2021 updated by: University of Eastern Finland

An Application of Treatment Regarding a Diagnostic Interview and One-session Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Effectiveness in Treatment of Dental Fear

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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

Enrollment (Actual)

29

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Finland
      • Kuopio, Finland, 70211
        • University of Eastern Finland

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Diagnostic interview
Intervention for this group include diagnostic interview. Oral health Impact Profile (OHIP 14) and Spielberg State and Trait Anxiety (STAI-1) questionnaires and behaviour analyses are used in diagnostic interview.
Behavioral: Diagnostic interview
A profound interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care. Participants come from public and Private dental care.
Experimental: Combined interview and treatment
Intervention for this group include both the diagnostic interview and one session treatment.
Behavioral: Diagnostic interview
A profound interview to declare causes for negative thoughts, assumptions and beliefs towards dental care. Participants come from public and Private dental care.
Behavioral: Combined interview and treatment.
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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in dental fear
Time Frame: 6 months
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
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Compliance to care
Time Frame: 6 months
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.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Eastern Finland

Investigators

  • Study Director: Liisa Suominen, Professor, University of easthern Finland, Kuopio

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 23, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 28, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

September 29, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 15, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 10, 2021

Last Verified

November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UKuopio 001/2016

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

It has been planned to use same data later in a follow-up study

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