Virtual Reality Relaxation to Decrease Dental Anxiety

NCT ID: NCT03993080

Last Updated: 2019-06-25

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

277 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-15

Study Completion Date

2019-02-27

Brief Summary

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The aim is to apply short-term virtual reality relaxation to examine if it is effective in reducing pre-operative dental anxiety in primary health care using an RCT.

Detailed Description

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Randomized controlled single-center trial with two parallel arms: Virtual Reality Relaxation (VRR) and Treatment As Usual (TAU) in a public oral health care unit. VRR group receiving a 1-3.5 minute 360° video immersing them in peaceful virtual landscape with audio features and sound supporting the relaxing experience. TAU groups remaining seated for 3 minutes in similar setting.

Conditions

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Dental Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized controlled single-center trial with two parallel arms
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Virtual reality relaxation

Virtual reality relaxation using virtual landscape and audio features and sound

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual reality relaxation

Intervention Type DEVICE

1-3.5 minute 360° videos

Treatment as usual

Seated in similar environment as experimental group for same time

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual reality relaxation

1-3.5 minute 360° videos

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* attending for dental treatment
* consenting
* able to complete Finnish questionnaire without assistance
* age 18 years or older
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of St Andrews

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Dundee

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

City of Helsinki

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Turku

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Satu Lahti

Professor of Community Dentistry

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Satu Lahti

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Community Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland

Locations

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University of Turku

Turku, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Lahti S, Suominen A, Freeman R, Lahteenoja T, Humphris G. Virtual Reality Relaxation to Decrease Dental Anxiety: Immediate Effect Randomized Clinical Trial. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2020 Oct;5(4):312-318. doi: 10.1177/2380084420901679. Epub 2020 Jan 21.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31962052 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HEL 2018-008940

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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