How families prepare their children for tooth extraction under general anaesthesia: Family and clinical predictors of non-compliance with a 'serious game'.
Int J Paediatr Dent
; 2018 Nov 17.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore family and clinical factors for usage of an online serious game designed to prepare children with ECC for dental treatment under general anaesthesia.DESIGN:
Observational study. Secondary data of 60 children, aged 5-to-7, randomised to the intervention group in a phase-III randomised controlled trial [NIHR Portfolio 10006, ISRCTN 18265148] testing the efficacy of the serious game http//www.scottga.org (available online). Usage was captured automatically, with each click, in real time. The total number of replays and total number of missing slides per game-run performed by the child, were recorded and used to monitor usage. Compliance outcomes were total time running the game and number of completely missed slides.RESULTS:
57/60 played the game. Median age of parent/carer was 32. For 74% of the families, fathers resided at home and for 65% the parent/carer had A-levels-to-university education. At recruitment, 70% of the children were reported as anxious/highly-fearful and 37% as "significantly psychologically disturbed".CONCLUSIONS:
Factors for non-compliance were absence of a father at home (P = 0.01) and higher child-anxiety (P = 0.01) and, to a lesser extent, a low parent/carer education level (P = 0.09). Interactive cartoons featuring dental assessment, oral health messages and modelling featured in the more popular slides.
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Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article