Secondary End Points
behavioral distress
REGRESSION
Abbreviations: CDBRS, Children’s Dental Behavior Rating Scale; RDE, regular dental environment; SADE, sensory-adapted dental environment.Mixed-effects regression model with adjustment for attained age and first or second clinic visit. EDA values were square-root transformed for running only the models including all observations; β values and 95% CIs represent the model estimates for the SADE − RDE values in terms of the square root transformations since a simple back transformation does not represent a difference in untransformed values.Number of children with a nonmissing value for that variable for both dental visits.Wilcoxon signed rank test.Number of dental visits with a nonmissing value for that variable.Comparing means and SDs for all observations, including incomplete pairs and missing data, using a mixed-effects regression model.For all behavioral distress variables other than the Frankl Scale, higher scores reflect more challenging behavior; a lower score indicates more negative behavior on the Frankl Scale.No significant differences were found between SADE and RDE for NS-SCR frequency (mean difference, −0.30 [95% CI, −0.86 to 0.25] per min) (