Acualief: Aculief acupressure device will be placed on the LI4 Point (figure 1) which is located on the hand between the thumb and index finger, also described as the depression where the index finger and thumb bone go apart. The LI4 point will be identified in each patient by asking the patient to adduct the thumb and index finger. The duration will be 5 minutes before LA administration.
The administration of local anesthesia in all groups will be achieved by 1.8 ml of 2% Lidocaine with 1/100,000 epinephrine using a 30-gauge long needle
Audiovisual: A dental video story will be presented to the patient using an iPad device connected to a noise cancellation headphone.
TELL SHOW DO: This group will be treated using Tell-show-do technique
Study summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of audiovisual distraction and acuapoint stimulation on anxiety and pain perception during tooth extraction in children.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
5 Years
Max age
8 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria:
* 1- Children with behavior rating score 2,3 according to Frankl's behavior rating scale.
2- Children aged 5-8 years requiring primary tooth extraction. 3- Healthy children free of systemic diseases
Exclusion Criteria:
* 1- Children with special health care needs.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Anxiety — Will be measured 5 minutes before LA , immediately before extraction and immediately after extraction The total VPT score was obtained by summing the values across all eight panels, with higher scores indicating greater levels of anxiety (range: 0-8). Anxiety will be measured by A) Pulse oximeter: Pulse oximeter was used to observe the physiological functions like heart rate and SpO₂.
B) Venham's picture test: the child was presented with eight different cards. Each card held two pictures-a representation of the child expressing anxiety along with another representation of the same child in a relaxed mood. The child was asked to point out the picture in each pair that resembled how he/she was feeling. There was also an order in which the pictures had to be presented. Assigning the image depicting anxiety the score of 1 and the relaxed image the score of 0 helped in the coding process.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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