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Measurements will be obtained at baseline before the assigned storytelling intervention and again after the intervention while the child is seated in the dental chair immediately before the dental procedure begins. The post-intervention heart rate will be compared between the virtual reality storytelling and traditional storybook groups.","Immediately after the intervention, before the dental procedure begins",[14,17],{"measure":15,"description":16,"timeFrame":12},"Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS)","The CFSS-DS is a 15-item questionnaire used to assess children's dental fear. Each item is scored from 1 (\"not afraid at all\") to 5 (\"very afraid\"), producing a total score ranging from 15 to 75. Higher scores indicate greater dental fear. CFSS-DS will be assessed before and immediately after the assigned intervention.",{"measure":18,"description":19,"timeFrame":12},"Facial Image Scale (FIS)","The Facial Image Scale is a child-friendly visual measure of situational dental anxiety consisting of five faces ranging from very happy to very unhappy. Scores range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater situational anxiety. FIS will be assessed before and immediately after the assigned intervention.",null,{"allocation":22,"interventionModel":23,"interventionModelDescription":24,"primaryPurpose":6,"observationalModel":20,"timePerspective":20,"maskingInfo":25},"RANDOMIZED","PARALLEL","Two parallel groups (1:1): VR storytelling vs. traditional storybook reading with identical story content",{"masking":26,"maskingDescription":27,"whoMasked":28},"SINGLE","The statistician analyzing the data is blinded to group allocation. Participants and the dentist delivering the intervention cannot be blinded",[29],"OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR","This is a randomized controlled trial with two parallel groups (1:1). A total of 108 children (54 per group) will be enrolled at King Abdulaziz University Dental Hospital, allowing for 20% attrition. Group assignment uses sealed envelopes drawn by the child after enrollment and baseline assessment. Group I watches the digital story in VR during the waiting period. Group II listens to the same story read aloud from the printed book. Heart rate, the Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS), and the Facial Image Scale (FIS) are recorded before and after the intervention. Parental dental anxiety is measured with the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), and caries experience with the dmft\u002FDMFT indices. The dentist delivering the intervention cannot be blinded, but the statistician analyzing the data is blinded to group allocation",[32,38],{"label":33,"type":34,"description":35,"interventionNames":36},"VR Storytelling","EXPERIMENTAL","Children watch the digital story through VR glasses in the waiting period before treatment.",[37],"Behavioral: Virtual Reality Storytelling",{"label":39,"type":40,"description":41,"interventionNames":42},"Storybook Reading","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","Children listen to the same story read aloud by the dentist from the printed storybook in the waiting period before treatment.",[43],"Behavioral: Traditional Storybook Reading",[45,50],{"type":46,"name":47,"description":48,"armGroupLabels":49,"otherNames":20},"BEHAVIORAL","Virtual Reality Storytelling","Children watch a digital animated story (Arabic, about a girl named Amira on her first dental visit) through VR glasses during the waiting period, before dental treatment",[33],{"type":46,"name":51,"description":52,"armGroupLabels":53,"otherNames":20},"Traditional Storybook Reading","The dentist reads aloud the same story (same storyline, narration, dialogue, characters, and sequence of events) from the printed storybook during the waiting period, before dental treatment.",[39],[55],{"facility":56,"status":57,"city":58,"state":59,"zip":60,"country":61,"countryCode":62,"cosmosGeoPoint":63,"geoPoint":68,"contacts":69},"Amani Ahmad Al Tuwirqi","RECRUITING","Jeddah","Mecca Region","21589","Saudi Arabia","SA",{"type":64,"coordinates":65},"Point",[66,67],39.18624,21.49012,{"lat":67,"lon":66},[70,75],{"name":71,"role":72,"phone":73,"phoneExt":20,"email":74},"Amani Ahmad AlTuwirqi, Doctorate in Pediatric Dentist","CONTACT","+966540606742","aaltuwirqi@kau.edu.sa",{"name":76,"role":72,"phone":77,"phoneExt":20,"email":78},"Yasmeen Ali Alqarni, BDS,MSc in Pediatric Dentistry","+966542858539","YALQARNI0053@stu.kau.edu.sa",{"type":80,"investigatorFullName":56,"investigatorTitle":81,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":20,"oldOrganization":20},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR","Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry","100659247","virtual-reality-storytelling-versus-storybook-reading-for-dental-anxiety-in-children-100659247",false,"NCT07863661","Virtual Reality Storytelling Versus Storybook Reading for Dental Anxiety in Children","Effect of Virtual Reality Storytelling vs. Traditional Storybook Reading on Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Dental Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Aged 6-10 years\n* Healthy, physically and mentally (ASA I)\n* Arabic-speaking parents and children\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Children younger than 6 or older than 10\n\n  * Non-ASA I Children\n  * Children with conditions that contraindicate VR experience, such as developmental or sensory disorders.\n  * Acute illness that might affect HR reading or anxiety\n  * Non-Arabic-speaking",true,"ALL","6 Years","10 Years",{"count":94,"type":95},108,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[98],"NA","Many children feel anxious before dental treatment. This study compares two ways of helping children feel calmer while waiting for their dental visit: watching a dental story through virtual reality (VR) glasses, or listening to the same story read aloud by the dentist from a printed storybook. The story is in Arabic and follows a girl named Amira during her first dental visit. The story is identical in both groups, so the only difference is how it is delivered. Healthy children aged 6 to 10 years will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The main outcome is the child's heart rate, measured before and after the story as an objective sign of anxiety. Children's dental fear will also be assessed with two child-friendly scales, and parents' own dental anxiety will be measured to see whether it is related to their child's anxiety. The study aims to find out whether VR storytelling differs from a traditional storybook in its effect on children's anxiety before dental treatment.",[101,102,103],"Dental Anxiety","Dental Anxiety in Children","Preoperative Anxiety",[105,106,107,108,10,109,110],"Virtual Reality","Storytelling","Storybook","Pediatric Dentistry","Non-pharmacological Behavior Management","Distraction","2026-10-02",{"date":113,"type":114},"2026-10-07","ACTUAL",{"date":116,"type":114},"2026-07-21",{"date":118,"type":95},"2027-01",{"name":5,"class":6},1]