Question · asked by 1 review

Camouflage syringe vs Conventional syringe: Self- or observational assessment of intraoperative distress/pain/acceptance of treatment during provision of LA: pain-related behaviour (crying)

Population
Children and adolescents having dental treatment under local anaesthetic without general anaesthesia
Intervention
Camouflage syringe
Comparison
Conventional syringe
Outcome
Self- or observational assessment of intraoperative distress/pain/acceptance of treatment during provision of LA: pain-related behaviour (crying)

It is very uncertain whether camouflage syringe changes self- or observational assessment of intraoperative… compared with conventional syringe (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Camouflage syringe vs Conventional syringe
Self- or observational assessment of intraoperative distress/pain/acceptance of treatment during provision of LA: pain-related behaviour (crying) · Children and adolescents having dental treatment under local anaesthetic without general anaesthesia · During LA (injection is the intervention)
It is very uncertain whether camouflage syringe changes self- or observational assessment of intraoperative… compared with conventional syringe (very low certainty).
Interventions for increasing acceptance of local anaesthetic in children and adolescents having dental… (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes
RR 0.02 [0.00, 0.37]1 study · 100 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for increasing acceptance of local anaesthetic in children and adolescents having dental treatment
2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
2019-05Not listedNot assessed
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