Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Dental Phobia

NCT ID: NCT01207960

Last Updated: 2012-05-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

24 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to find out whether Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is effective in the treatment of patients with dental phobia.

Detailed Description

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Dental phobia represents a clinical condition that affects 5-15% of the community and is characterized by severe anxiety of dental treatment which leads to avoidance of treatment and, as a consequence, severe dental as well as psychosocial problems.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has been developed for the treatment of patients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its efficacy in PTSD patients has often been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials.

Recently it has been demonstrated that dental phobia is often induced by traumatic events during dental treatment and goes along with symptoms of PTSD in numerous patients.

A pilot study (de Jongh et al. 2002) gave hints on the efficacy of EMDR in four dental phobia patients with a history of traumatization during dental treatment.

This randomized wait-list control study aims to evaluate the efficacy of EMDR in a larger sample of dental phobia patients.

Conditions

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Dental Phobia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention consists of three 90-minute sessions of individual psychotherapy. Sessions take place weekly according to a treatment manual.

WLC

Wait-list control group. EMDR treatment takes place after 4 weeks of no treatment which represents the wait-list comparison interval.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

The intervention consists of three 90-minute sessions of individual psychotherapy. Sessions take place weekly according to a treatment manual.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* dental phobia according to the World Health Organization´s International Classification of Diseases, ICD-10 (F40.2)

Exclusion Criteria

* schizophrenic disorder
* severe depression
* severe dissociative disorder
* organic brain disease
* anorexia nervosa (body mass index, BMI \< 17)
* suicidality
* severe cardio-vascular disease
* ophthalmic disease
* pregnancy and lactation
* psychopharmacological treatment
* substance abuse
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital Muenster

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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doerings

Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Stephan Doering, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Muenster, Germany

Locations

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Psychosomatics in Dentistry, Dept. of Prosthodontics & Material Science, University Hospital Muenster

Münster, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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De Jongh A, van den Oord HJ, ten Broeke E. Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of specific phobias: Four single-case studies on dental phobia. J Clin Psychol. 2002 Dec;58(12):1489-503. doi: 10.1002/jclp.10100.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12455017 (View on PubMed)

de Jongh A, Fransen J, Oosterink-Wubbe F, Aartman I. Psychological trauma exposure and trauma symptoms among individuals with high and low levels of dental anxiety. Eur J Oral Sci. 2006 Aug;114(4):286-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2006.00384.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16911099 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2007-137-f-S

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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