Recruiting

PCIT Training

Sponsor:

University of Florida

Code:

NCT06138405

Conditions

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Child Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Immediate intervention Group

Delayed intervention (control) Group

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this behavioral, interventional clinical trial is to provide a specialized workshop training for dental providers (e.g., dentists, hygienists, assistants) to improve interactions with young children (2-10 years old) and parents/caregivers. The training is derived from a well-established behavior management program for preschoolers, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).

The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Change in behavior of dental providers
  • Acceptability of training by dental providers

All participants will receive the same behavior training; however, one group will receive the training on a delayed schedule. Researchers will compare the immediate intervention and control group to see if the training was effective in the dental providers usage of skills.

Conditions

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Child Behavior

Study ID

NCT06138405

Start date

Apr 3, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Aug 31, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Dental Providers

  • Licensed dentist, licensed or certified dental hygienist, or dental assistant
  • Provides (or willing to consider providing) dental treatment for children between 2 years and 10 years old ->= 18 years old
  • Fluent in spoken and written English
  • Willing to be videotaped

Parent/Caregivers

  • Understands spoken and written English
  • Willing to be videotaped
  • Provide signed and dated informed consent form
  • Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study

Child Dental Patients

  • Child between 2 years, 0 months, and 0 days, and 10 years, 11 months, 30 days old
  • Receiving preventive, restorative, emergency or any other dental treatment
  • Accompanied by a parent/caregiver
  • Understands spoken and written English
  • Willing to be videotaped
  • Parent/guardian provides signed and dated informed consent form
  • Provide assent (if 7+ years old and who do not have an obvious cognitive impairment or are "mentally immature")
  • Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study
  • In good general health as evidenced by medical history

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cognitive impairment or developmental delay
  • Major medical problem in child
  • Autism or other developmental/neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Anything that would place the individual at increased risk or preclude the individual's full compliance with or completion of the study.

Study Design

Enrollment

5808 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Immediate Intervention Group

Experiential, interactive, skills-oriented workshop for oral healthcare providers (i.e., dentists, hygienists, and assistants) involving simulated patients and immediate pre- and post-workshop testing. The workshop involves didactics on developmentally-appropriate child behavior in the dental setting, and "over-practice" of skills, to the point of habit, by providers.

active comparator: Delayed Intervention Group

The delayed intervention group will receive the same experiential, interactive, skills-oriented workshop, but two months after the immediate intervention group.

Interventions

Immediate intervention Group

The immediate intervention group will be video recorded in office and participate in the training workshop and assessment methods two months after.

Delayed intervention (control) Group

The delayed training group will also be video recorded in office but will wait an additional two months and then participate in the training and assessment methods as with the original training group.

Primary outcome measure

  • To assess dental providers' usage of DCIT behavioral methods in the training workshop. [ Time Frame: Immediately pre- and post-workshop ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mary L Davis, CRDH

352-222-7034MDavis@dental.ufl.edu

Locations

University of Arkansas

Recruiting

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, 72701

University of Florida

Recruiting

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 30608

More Information

Sponsor

University of Florida

Last update posted

Aug 5, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Florida on 2026-08-05.