Clinical Estimation of Dental Anxiety

Introduction: Dental anxiety (DA) is treatable and preventable when dental personnel correctly estimate the patient's level of DA. Objective: To evaluate dental personnel's ability to estimate DA.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dental Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: MDAS; Diagnostic test: Estimated level of DA

Detailed Description

Method: All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination. The patient rated DA using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and a Visual Analogue Scale of dental anxiety (DA-VAS). The patient also recorded gender, age, level of education and confidence in handling DA. After the examination, the dental personnel estimated the patient's level of DA (eDA) on a VAS. The examiner also recorded gender, age, profession, years of experience, country of education, interest in DA, special education concerning DA and confidence in ability to handle DA.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1230

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Sweden
  • Östergötland
    • Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, 58212
      • Centrum för Orofacial Medicin, Torkelbergsgatan 11.

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All adult patients returning for their annual examination on a public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients returning for their annual examination on a public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden during a two week period.

Exclusion Criteria:

inability to fill in the questionnaire

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Patients; All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination	Diagnostic test: MDAS; The patient rated their DA using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS)
Dental personnel; All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden were contacted and asked to participate in the study	Diagnostic test: Estimated level of DA; the dental personnel estimated the patient's level of DA (eDA) on a 100mm VAS

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Estimated Dental anxiety on a 100mm VAS vs MDAS	The dental personnel's Clinical estimation of how dentally anxious their patient are (where 0mm represent minimal and 100mm maximal.) compared to the patients one rating of dental anxiety(Measured whit the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale(MDAS) where 5 is minimal and 25 maximal) .	through study completion, 2 weeks/clinic and a total of aproximatly 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The patients Dental Anxiety, measured whit the "Modified Dental Anxiety Scale"(MDAS)	The Patients own ration of how dentally anxious they are. Measured whit the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale(MDAS) where 5 is minimal and 25 maximal	through study completion, 2 weeks/clinic and a total of approximately 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
• Collaborators: Ostergotland County Council, Sweden
• Investigators: Study Director: Mats Bågesund, Lecturer, Linköpings University, Sweden.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 20, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 20, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): July 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 23, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 20, 2018
• Last Verified: July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0001 (Cancer Research Institute)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: Data will only be presented at group level.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No