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• 19par)cipants• Mage=29.8,SD=13.2
• Watchedanexposurevideo3)mesadayfor2weeks• Dentalexamina)on&prophylaxis
• AGereachexposure,thehighestanxietyexperiencedduringthevideowasreported• From0-100• Meananxietyscoreforeachday
wascalculated
CONCLUSIONS OBJECTIVES
METHODS
RESULTS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Analyses• Pre-poststa)s)calcomparisons
• Hierarchicalregression• Rela)onbetweennumberof
exposurevideoswatchedandlastreportedanxietylevel
• Anxietyra)ngaGerseeingthevideoforthefirst)mewascontrolledforintheanalysis
ResultsPar)cipantswatched28.5(SD=16.1)videosoverthetwo-weeks
Pairedsamplet-test• Lastanxietyra)ngs(M=24.2,
SD=21.2)significantlylowerthanfirstanxietyra)ngs(M=46.7,SD=24.3)• t(18)=3.78,p=.001
Regression• Modelaccountedfor36.8%ofthe
varianceinlastreportedanxiety• F(2,16)=4.65,p=.026
• Totalexposurevideoswatchedsignificantlypredictedlastreportedanxietyscore• β=-.497,p=.024
• Firstreportedanxietyscorewasnotsignificantinpredic)nglastreportedanxietyscore• p=.158.
• Smartphonesarebeingintegratedintodailylifemoreandmore• Newopportunitytousethe
technology
• Smartphonesappeartobeeffec)veindeliveringexposures)muliforspecificdentalphobia
• Increasedexposuresessions• Greaterreduc)onofanxiety
• Smartphonesofferanewmediumforexposures)muli• Mayprovidegreaterreach
• Underservedpopula)ons• Providetreatmentoutsideofa
clinicse`ng• Mayincreaseu)liza)onofdental
care-relatedtreatment
Specificdentalphobia• Commonproblem• OGenun-treated• Self-directedexposuretherapyis
effec)veintrea)ngdentalphobia• Variousexposures)muliavailable
todeliverself-directedexposure• Videosarecommonplace
Theobjec<vesofthestudy• Examinehowsmartphonesmay
beusedinconjunc)onwithself-directedexposure
Hypotheses1. Treatmentwouldresultinlower
anxietyattheendoftreatment2. Moreexposurevideoswatched
wouldresultinloweranxiety
Novel Treatment for Dental Phobia Utilizing Smart
Phone Technology
Matthew C. Arias, Daniel W. McNeil, Casey D. Wright, Jarred Gallegos, Daniel Stephenson, Deja Clement,
Derrick M. Ward, Robert Stuchell, & Cierra B. Edwards Department of Psychology, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University
MaAhewArias&DanielW.McNeil,PhDWestVirginiaUniversity–Dept.Psychology53CampusDrivePOBox6040Morgantown,WV26506E-mail:[email protected];[email protected]