Kumbar Sandhyarani, Rathod Sapana A, Patil Anil T, Gunda Sachin, Patil Krishna, Singh Devendrapratap M
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College and Hospital (Deemed to be University), Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital (Deemed to be University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2023 Jul-Aug;16(4):551-554. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2446.
Dental anxiety assessment for blind children is important. Appropriate knowledge of the patient's anxiety will help to review management options specific to every child.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the anxiety level using the Raghavendra, Madhuri, Sujata (RMS) tactile scale (RMS-TS) of visually impaired children after explaining the oral prophylaxis procedure verbally and by the verbal-tactile method followed by performing the oral prophylaxis procedure.
A total of 30 children aged between 6 and 13 years were included in this study from a residential school for visually impaired children. These children were divided into two equal groups. One group was explained oral prophylaxis by verbal method and another was explained in a verbal-tactile method, preintervention and postintervention anxiety of the children was checked on the RMS-TS.
A comparison of mean values between the two groups was done using a -test. Comparison of mean values in each group for before and after values were done using paired -test and was found that anxiety had reduced in the verbal-tactile group more significantly than that of the verbal group.
The study shows that the combination of verbal and tactile models for explaining the dental procedure is an effective way to reduce anxiety in blind children.
Kumbar S, Rathod SA, Patil AT, The Comparison of Anxiety Tactile Using the RMS Tactile Scan in Visually Impaired Children After Performing Oral Prophylaxis by Explaining to Them the Procedure by Verbal Tactile Method. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2023;16(4):551-554.
评估盲童的牙科焦虑很重要。了解患者的焦虑情况有助于审视针对每个孩子的具体管理方案。
本研究的目的是在通过口头和言语 - 触觉方法向视障儿童解释口腔预防程序后，使用拉格万德拉、玛杜丽、苏贾塔（RMS）触觉量表（RMS - TS）评估视障儿童的焦虑水平，然后进行口腔预防程序。
本研究纳入了一所视障儿童寄宿学校的30名6至13岁的儿童。这些儿童被平均分为两组。一组通过口头方法解释口腔预防，另一组通过言语 - 触觉方法解释，在干预前和干预后使用RMS - TS检查儿童的焦虑情况。
两组之间的平均值比较采用t检验。每组干预前后的平均值比较采用配对t检验，发现言语 - 触觉组的焦虑降低比言语组更显著。
该研究表明，通过言语和触觉模型相结合来解释牙科程序是降低盲童焦虑的有效方法。
昆巴尔S，拉托德SA，帕蒂尔AT，《通过言语 - 触觉方法向视障儿童解释口腔预防程序后使用RMS触觉量表比较焦虑情况》。《国际临床儿科牙科杂志》2023；16(4)：551 - 554。
