NCT06153823

Virtual Reality Glasses Integrated With Sign Language on Dental Anxiety Among Children With Hearing Impairment During Pulpotomy Procedure

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Glasses Integrated With Sign Language on Dental Anxiety Among Children With Hearing Impairment During Pulpotomy Procedure (Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hams Hamed Abdelrahman · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate the impact of using virtual reality glasses using sign language as a distraction method to reduce the dental anxiety in moderate to severe hearing-impaired children compared to the conventional behavior management technique during pulpotomy treatment. The study will be a randomized controlled parallel two arms clinical trial, a total of 40 healthy children aged 5-7 years with moderate to severe hearing disability, will be selected from Pediatric Dentistry and dental public health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt. Children selected should have at least one primary molar indicated for pulpotomy. The eligible participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: the study group, which will use virtual reality glasses with sign language as a distraction method to manage children's behavior, and the control group, which will use the conventional behavior management strategies including show-tell-do, and positive reinforcement. Local anesthesia will be given and pulpotomy procedure will be done on the selected tooth followed by stainless steel crown restoration. Pre and post-operative assessment of child's dental anxiety will be done using three methods: physiologically using pulse oximeter for measuring the heart rate, objectively using Venham clinical anxiety rating scale, and subjectively using the modified facial image scale.

Conditions

• Dental Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	virtual reality glasses	child behavior management will be done by using VR glasses distraction
OTHER	Tell Show and Do	child behavior management will be done by using tell show and do technique

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-01
• Primary completion: 2024-02-01
• Completion: 2024-03-01
• First posted: 2023-12-01
• Last updated: 2023-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt