Evaluation of children's pain expression and behavior using audio visual distraction.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dental anxiety distresses children and their families with consequent poor oral health and costly pediatric dental services. Children's behaviors could be modified using a distraction technique for improved dental treatment. The study evaluates the effects of an audio-visual distraction on children's behaviors and pain expressions during dental treatment.

Material and methods

One hundred healthy children, between 4 and 6 years of age, were randomly assigned to one of two groups: audio visual distraction (AVD, N = 61) group and control (CTR, N = 39) group. The pre and post pain expression was collected using a faces pain rating scale from the participated children. Children's behavior was evaluated using the Frankl behavior rating scale by the assigned dentist. Dat

SUBMITTER: Delgado A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543459 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature