Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics by waiting room type
Total (N = 113) | Test Group Multisensory Waiting Room (N = 56) | Control Group Conventional Waiting Room (N = 57) | Test statistic, P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freq.\ Mean | SD\% | Freq.\ Mean | SD\% | Freq.\ Mean | SD\% | |||
Gender | Male | 61 | 54% | 33 | 59% | 28 | 49% | Χ2(1) = .798, p > .05 |
Female | 52 | 46% | 23 | 41% | 29 | 51% | ||
Age (years) | 5.68 | 1.98 | 5.63 | 1.87 | 5.73 | 2.1 | t(95) = 0.28, p > .05 | |
Waiting length (minutes) | 20.51 | 22.11 | 22.43 | 26.5 | 18.63 | 16.75 | t(95) = −.909, p > .05 | |
Visit purpose | Examination | 21 | 19% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 37% | Fisher’s Exact, p < .001 |
Emergency | 13 | 11% | 1 | 2% | 12 | 21% | ||
Treatment- no sedation | 4 | 3.5% | 2 | 4% | 2 | 3.5% | ||
Treatment with preoperative sedation- midazolam | 32 | 28% | 23 | 41% | 9 | 16% | ||
Treatment with preoperative sedation- atarax | 36 | 32% | 25 | 45% | 11 | 19% | ||
Treatment with sedation- N2O | 4 | 3.5% | 2 | 4% | 2 | 3.5% | ||
Treatment with preoperative sedation- valium | 3 | 3% | 3 | 5% | 0 | 0% | ||
Dental history | None | 4 | 4% | 1 | 2% | 3 | 5% | Fisher’s Exact, p > .05 |
Examination only | 26 | 23% | 12 | 21% | 14 | 25% | ||
Treatment | 83 | 73% | 43 | 77% | 40 | 70% | ||
Dental experience | Positive | 60 | 53% | 34 | 61% | 26 | 46% | Fisher’s Exact, p > .05 |
Negative | 49 | 43% | 21 | 37% | 28 | 49% | ||
NA | 4 | 4% | 1 | 2% | 3 | 5% | ||
Escort | Mother | 58 | 51% | 31 | 55% | 27 | 47% | χ2(1) = 1.293, p > .05 |
Father | 39 | 35% | 19 | 34% | 20 | 35% | ||
Both | 16 | 14% | 6 | 11% | 10 | 18% | ||