The Effects of Preoperative Immersive and Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exposure on Dental Anxiety in Children:A Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT05854329

Last Updated: 2025-01-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

66 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-23

Study Completion Date

2024-03-01

Brief Summary

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The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to compare the effects of Immersive Virtual Reality(IVRE) and Non-Immersive Virtual Reality(NIVRE) andin children having dental anxiety.The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

1. Is there a significant difference in baseline dental anxiety scores, as measured using the Malay-MCDASf and PR across the IVRE, NIVRE, and control groups?
2. What is the mean change score in dental anxiety measured using the Malay-MCDASf and PR for IVRE, NIVRE, and control groups after the operative procedure?
3. Is there a significant difference in mean change score of dental anxiety measured using the Malay-MCDASf and PR across the IVRE, NIVRE, and control groups?
4. Is there a significant correlation between the Malay-MCDASf scores (subjective) and PR scores (objective) at preoperative, postoperative, and using the score changes for all groups?

Detailed Description

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Participants will be randomised into three groups, Immersive Virtual Reality, Non Immersive Virtual Reality and Control Group.Immersive Virtual Reality group will be asked to play with an immersive virtual reality dental game using Virtual reality device preoperatively after which they will undergo treatment. For the Non Immersive Virtual Reality participants will be asked to watch a dental cartoon using the virtual reality device passively before treatment and the control group of no intervention, to wait as usual before treatment. All groups will undergo dental treatment of resin based fissure sealant placement under cotton roll isolation in one permanent molar.

Conditions

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Dental Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Immersive and Non immersive Virtual Reality
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Immersive Virtual Reality Exposure

Immersive Virtual Reality Dental Game for 15 minutes. Participants will be actively involved with the game, in placing restorations, scaling virtually playing the role of the dentist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality Exposure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality device using the immersive dental game.

Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exposure

Participants will be made to watch dental related cartoon passively while sitting using the Virtual Reality device for 15 minutes.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Virtual Reality Exposure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality device using the immersive dental game.

Control Group

Participants will be waiting for 15 minutes as usual prior to their treatment.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual Reality Exposure

Virtual Reality device using the immersive dental game.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children aged 9-12 years old.
* Children who can understand and complete the Malay-MCDASf questionnaire with a score of 19 and above.
* Children who requires fissure sealants on sound permanent tooth.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children requiring emergency dental treatment for pain, trauma or facial cellulitis.
* Children that have undergone invasive dental treatment such as extraction and pulp therapy in the past 6 months.
* Children with hearing or visual impairment, developmental or intellectual disability, cognitive impairment, balance disorders such as vertigo and cybersickness, sensitivity to the motion or flash light, having accident in the eye, face, neck or arms, history of epileptic seizures, history of cardiac problems
* Parents who refuse to allow their children to participate in the trial.
Minimum Eligible Age

9 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Malaya

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Leezallini Selvaraj

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Faculty of Dentistry Medical Ethics Committee (FDMEC)

Locations

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Faculty of Dentistry

Kuala Lumpur, , Malaysia

Site Status

Countries

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Malaysia

Other Identifiers

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DF CD2313/0024 (P)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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