Effectiveness of Green Color Exposure on Dental Anxiety

Effectiveness of Green Color Exposure on Dental Anxiety for Third Molar Surgery

The investigator's aim in this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety and the pain felt during the operation due to exposure to green light. For this purpose, the participants will wear green or translucent glasses before the operation. The investigator will evaluate the patient's anxiety change and the pain she/he feels during the procedure.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Post Operative Pain; Anxiety, Dental
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Green light exposure; Other: Normal light exposure

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 128
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Selçuklu
    • Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey
      • Selcuk University, Faculty of Dentistry

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Study Population

Study population is healthy volunteers who have not undergone any oral surgery procedure.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA 1 and ASA 2 patient population
• not having had a third molar surgery before
• volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• dental phobia
• patients who will be treated under general anesthesia
• refusing the measurements
• not filling the VAS

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Green Light Exposure Group; When patients enter the clinic, toss a coin to determine which group they will belong to. Before the patient puts on the green glasses, the anxiety level is measured with the help of VAS. Then the patient is seated in the dental unit and green glasses will be put on. After 10 minutes the anxiety level will be measured again with the help of VAS. The level of pain felt during surgery was determined by VAS. All operations will be performed by a single experienced surgeon. Since the patients enter the clinic, their heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure will be measured continuously.	Other: Green light exposure; The experimental group wears green color glasses ten minutes before surgery until it ends.
Placebo Comparator: Control Group; When patients enter the clinic, toss a coin to determine which group they will belong to. Before the patient puts on transparent glasses, the anxiety level is measured with the help of VAS. Then the patient is seated in the dental unit and transparent glasses will be put on. After 10 minutes the anxiety level will be measured again with the help of VAS. The level of pain felt during surgery was determined by VAS. All operations will be performed by a single experienced surgeon. Since the patients enter the clinic, their heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure will be measured continuously.	Other: Normal light exposure; The control group wears green color glasses ten minutes before surgery until it ends.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pre-op blood pressure-1	Brachial tension measurement. ideally it should be 120-80 mm/hg. Çeviri sonuçları After the patient enters the clinic	1 minute after the participant enters the clinic
Pre-op blood pressure-2	Brachial tension measurement. ideally it should be 120-80 mm/hg.	10 minutes after the glasses are put on
Pre-op blood oxygen level-1	saturation measurement from finger tip by pulse oximeter. The avarage value is above %90.	1 minute after the participant enters the clinic
Pre-op blood oxygen level-2	saturation measurement from finger tip by pulse oximeter. The avarage value is above %90.	10 minutes after the glasses are put on
Pre-op Pulsation-1	heartbeat measurement by pulse oximeter. The avarage value is between 65-75.	1 minute after the participant enters the clinic
Pre-op Pulsation-2	heartbeat measurement by pulse oximeter. The avarage value is between 65-75.	10 minutes after the glasses are put on and the patient sits in the chair
Pre-op Anxiety Score-1(VAS)	Patients fill out the Dental Anxiety Scale(Visual Analogue Scale) when he/she arrives dental clinic. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.	1 minute after the participant enters the clinic
Pre-op Anxiety Score-1(STAI-State)	Patients fill out the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State when he/she arrives dental clinic. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.	1 minute after the participant enters the clinic
Pre-op Anxiety Score-2(VAS)	Patients fill out the Dental Anxiety Scale(Visual Analogue Scale) ten minutes after wearing green or translucent glasses in the dental unit. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.	10 minutes after the glasses put on
Pre-op Anxiety Score-2(STAI-State)	Patients fill out the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State ten minutes after wearing green or translucent glasses in the dental unit. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.	10 minutes after the glasses put on
Intraoperative Pain Score	Measuring the pain felt by the patient after the operation with the help of the visual analog scale. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.	1 minutes after

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Selcuk University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Gökhan Gürses, Selcuk University, Faculty of Dentistry

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 27, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 19, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 26, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 27, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 13, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): October 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 9, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 6, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Pathologic Processes; Postoperative Complications; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Pain, Postoperative; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: SelcukU001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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