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Clinical Management of Anxiety and Access to Health Care

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02081365

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Brief summary

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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).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02081365
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Temple University
Other
Enrollment
151 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2013
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2014
Completion
Nov 30, 2014
Last update posted
Jan 26, 2017

2013 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104

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