NCT01798355

Children and Adolescents With Dental Anxiety - Randomized Controlled Study of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cognitive behaviour therapy is effective in the treatment of children and adolescents with dental anxiety. Our hypothesis is that children and adolescents who have been offered CBT shows significant better performance on outcome measures compared with patients in control group who have received treatment as usual.

Conditions

• Dental Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	The treatment group is offered cognitive behavior therapy(CBT) by psychologists/psychotherapists. CBT is offered according to a treatment manual and consists of 10- sessions during 12-15 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment As Usual	Treatment as usual consist of strategies such as habituation, tell-show-do, premedication with midazolam, nitrous oxide sedation and general anesthesia. All offered by dentists and dental hygienist and/or dental assistants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2013-02-25
• Last updated: 2018-09-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden