Clinical Management of Anxiety and Access to Health Care

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Conditions studied: Dental Anxiety

In brief

Dental and health anxiety are common and potentially distressing problems, for both patients and health care providers. Anxiety has been identified as a barrier to regular dental visits and as an important target for enhancement of oral health-related quality of life. possible groups, (1) high dental anxiety and (2) low dental anxiety. The study aimed to develop and evaluate a computerized cognitive-behavioral therapy dental anxiety intervention (C-CBT) that could be easily implemented in dental healthcare settings. A cognitive-behavioral protocol based on psychoeducation, exposure to feared dental procedures, and cognitive restructuring was developed. A randomized controlled trial was conducted (N=151) to test its efficacy. Consenting adult dental patients who met inclusion (e.g., high dental anxiety) and exclusion criteria were randomized to one of two groups, (1) immediate treatment (IT) (n=74) or (2) a waitlist control (WL) (n=77).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02081365

Run by

Temple University

People needed

151

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• high dental anxiety
• fluent in spoken and written English

You may not qualify if…

• unable to provide written, informed consent

Where it is running

• Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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