Correlation of Children's Electronic Screen Time Exposure and Dental Anxiety and Behavior

Correlation of Children's Electronic Screen Time Exposure and Dental Anxiety and Behavior in a Group of Egyptian Children

This study aims to detect the correlation between children's electronic screen time exposure and dental anxiety and behavior in a group of Egyptian children

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Children's Screen Exposure
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: dental anxiety

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 211

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Ghada Mohamed, master degree; Phone Number: +201067718545; Email: ghada.kadry@dentistry.cu.edu.eg
• Study Contact Backup: Name: sherein badr, Professor of Pediatric Dentis

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All medically free male and female Egyptian children with age from 6 to 8 years that have a first dental visit

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy children aged 6-to-8-years old
• First dental visit
• Both genders

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with Mental or neurological disorders.
• Children with Systemic disorders.
• Children who use medications that could interfere with the central nervous system
• Children with previous hospitalization

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Child dental anxiety	Abeer children dental anxiety SCALE,Questionnaire	"through study completion, an average of 1 year"
Assessment of the child's behavior during the dental visit	Frankl Behavioral Rating Scale,Questionnaire	"through study completion, an average of 1 year"

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Exposure to electronic screens	Questionnaire	"through study completion, an average of 1 year"

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Mobarek NH, Khalil AM, Talaat DM. Exposure to Electronic Screens and Children's Anxiety and Behavior During Dental Treatment. J Dent Child (Chic). 2019 Sep 15;86(3):139-144.
• Alaki SM, Al-Raddadi RA, Sabbagh HJ. Children's electronic screen time exposure and its relationship to dental anxiety and behavior. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2023 Jan 10;18(4):778-786. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.12.021. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 21, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: dental anxiety
• Other Study ID Numbers: dental anxiety and screen time

Drug and device information, study documents

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