Effect of awards after dental care in children's motivation.
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent
; 20(2): 85-93, 2019 Apr.
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AIMS: To verify the effect of awards after dental care in children's motivation in two visits to the dentist and if differences occur between genders. METHODS: This was a randomised and blinded study with a systematic convenience sample consisting of 306 children of 4.99 ± 0.89 years old, with no previous dental experience for both genders, who sought the public dental services. The children were divided into Control group (G1) and Experimental group (G2), who received a positive reinforcement technique with awards after dental care. A projective test with the Venham Picture Test self-analysis was applied and the inference test was the Chi square test with a significance level of p < 0.05. RESULTS: In G1, there was evidence of a significant association between the T1, T2 and T4 application times and anxiety levels measured in children (p < 10- 4; x2 = 15.43), this same association was observed for the G2 group (p < 10- 10; x2 > 29.46). For boys there was no significant difference of anxiety between G1 and G2 groups, however in G2, girls showed more anxiety before dental treatment (p = 0.0095; x2 = 6.71) and less anxiety than boys during the second visit (p = 0.0014; x2 = 10.20). CONCLUSIONS: The award after dental care demonstrated a positive result for the decrease of anxiety in preschool children for two visits to the dentist. Girls in the experimental group showed less anxiety than boys during the second visit.
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Assunto principal:
Reforço Psicológico
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Ansiedade ao Tratamento Odontológico
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Assistência Odontológica para Crianças
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido