The Effect of Reading a Pictorial Storybook on Children's Fear, Anxiety and Emotional Symptoms Before Dental Treatment

November 16, 2023 updated by: Gamze Akay

The Effect of Reading a Pictorial Storybook on Children's Fear, Anxiety and Emotional Symptoms Before Dental Treatment: A Randomised Controlled Study

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of reading a picture storybook on children's fear, anxiety and emotional symptoms before dental treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In children with receiving dental treatment will be randomly divided into two groups: picture storybook group and control. Interventions will be applied for only 1 times. While the illustrated storybook is read to the experimental group, no intervention will be applied to the control group. The children will be assessed before, during and after. Fear, anxiety and emotional symptoms due to dental treatment procedure will be evaluated using the Children's Emotional Indicator Scale, Child Anxiety Scale-Stateness and Children's Fear Scale.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

80

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 Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Artvin, Turkey, 08000
        • Artvin Oral and Dental Health Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • No audiovisual impairment,
  • Being open to communication and
  • Must be accompanied by a parent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having special needs,
  • Having an audio-visual impairment,
  • Learning difficulties or mental retardation and
  • Children whose parents do not agree to participate in the study.

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
Routine dental treatment will be applied to the control group. No action will be taken.
Experimental: Experimental Group
Before dental treatment, the child will be read a story book with pictures of the dental clinic.
Other: Reading a Pictorial Storybook
The pictorial storybook by children will be chosen by child psychologists. The book will be read to children by researcher. The researcher has a fairy tale therapy certificate. The pictorial storybook reading will start 15 minutes before the dental treatment process and will be completed before the treatment process begins.. The pictorial storybook will be read to children only one time.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Demographic Information Form
Time Frame: baseline
It is a form consisting of a total of 13 questions including the child's age, gender, diagnosis, duration of treatment, number of treatments (How many times did the child come to the clinic?), the status of receiving information about dental treatment and the person who received the information, the education level and occupation of the mother and father, the place where the family lives and the economic situation. It was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature.
baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Child anxiety Scale-State
Time Frame: baseline
"Child Anxiety Scale-State" scale developed by Ersig et al. in 2013 measures the state anxiety of children aged 4-10 years. In 2017, Gerceker et al. carried out Turkish validity study for the scale. CAS-S (State) is designed as a thermometer. At the bottom is the bulb chamber, and upward are horizontal lines. Each horizontal line represents a score, and the thermometer has 10 points. The bulb chamber at the bottom is 0 points and indicates that there is no anxiety. It is interpreted as the rise of anxiety as it rises upwards. The peak is worth 10 points and refers to the highest anxiety.
baseline

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Child Fear Scale
Time Frame: baseline
This scale was developed by McMurtry et al. in 2011. In 2018, Gerceker et al. carried out a Turkish validity study for the scale. The scale is aimed at children aged 5-10 years. The facial muscle changes in fearful expressions are drawn by a graphic artist based on photos of frightened faces. In this scale, the child is shown a scale containing five facial expressions that are evaluated between 0 and 4 points. While 0 point refers to no fear; 4 points refers to the highest fear.
baseline
The Children's Emotional Indicator Scale
Time Frame: baseline
The Children's Emotional Indicator Scale (CEAS) was developed by Li and Lopez and its Turkish validity and reliability was conducted by Çimke and Bayat. The scale consists of five categories of observable emotional behaviours (Facial expression, Vocalization, Activity, Interaction, and Level of cooperation). Each category has a value between 1-5. The total score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 5-25. The higher the scores obtained from the scale, the higher the negative emotional indicators. Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was 0.92. In the Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale, Cronbach's alpha value was determined as 0.94.
baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Gamze Akay

Collaborators

Artvin Coruh University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Ayşe TAŞTAN, 3, Artvin Çoruh University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

December 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

May 1, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

May 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 16, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2023

First Posted (Estimated)

November 21, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

November 21, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2023

Last Verified

November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Audio book for children

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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