ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry2017
Can galvanic skin conductance be used as an objective indicator of children's anxiety in the dental setting?
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Efficacy of Hypnosis Compared With Tell/Show/do Technique in Anxiety/Pain Reduction in Children During Pulpotomies
Determining the Effect of Video Information on the Dental Anxiety Levels of the Endodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Determining the Effect of Video Information on the Dental Anxiety Levels of the Endodontic Patients: A Randomised Clinical Trial.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Investigating the relationship between psychophysiological parameters and behavioral patterns in children aged 7-10 years during dental treatment.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Galvanic Skin Response as a Measure of Anxiety: A Comparative Evaluation of Gayatri Mantra Chanting and Conventional Music Therapy in 6-10-year-old Children during Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Stress Reduction Among Patients With or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR cardio · 2025Article
- Evaluating Virtual Reality Patient Education in Cardiac Surgery: Impact on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Patient Satisfaction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- "It's Different for Girls!" The Role of Anxiety, Physiological Arousal, and Subject Preferences in Primary School Children's Math and Mental Rotation Performance.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Autonomic Arousal and Adherence with Dental Appointments.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
- Galvanic Skin Response Features in Psychiatry and Mental Disorders: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Prefrontal modulation of frustration-related physiology in preschool children ranging from low to severe irritability.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2022Article
- Management of dental anxiety via distraction technique.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2021Article
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- Why Behavioral Indicators May Fail to Reveal Mental States: Individual Differences in Arousal-Movement Pattern Relationships.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Comparison of the effect of pharmacotherapy and neuro-feedback therapy on oral health of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2018Article
- Does the length of dental procedure influence children's behavior during and after treatment? A systematic review and critical appraisal.Journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects · 2018Review
- Impact of Music Distraction on Dental Anxiety in Children Having Intellectual Disability.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAssessment of procedural distress is essential at assisting children during invasive dental treatments. This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of galvanic skin response as a measure for assessment of dental anxiety in children. MATERIAL AND
methods151 children, aged 5-7 years, participated in this study. Similar dental treatments were rendered to all subjects. At the beginning and end of the session, modified child dental anxiety scale (MCDAS), clinical anxiety rating scale (CARS) and galvanic skin response (GSR) were used to determine children's anxiety.
resultsGSR was significantly correlated with both MCDAS (rs=0.62,
conclusionsThe findings suggest that GSR is a reliable and valid measure for assessment of children's dental anxiety in the clinical context. GSR may help to identify clinically anxious children before dental treatment to provide appropriate interventions.
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