Anxiety and Quality of Life in Phobic Dental Patients

Crofts-Barnes, N.P.; Brough, E.; Wilson, Kathleen; Beddis, A.J.; Girdler, N.M.

doi:10.1177/0022034509360189

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“…As a consequence, these variables act as predictors for cancelled/missed appointments, a decrease in pain threshold with increase in patient discomfort, poor compliance, increased number of emergency appointments, jeopardized patient/dentist relationship, high Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index, poor oral health perception, decreased self-esteem, and decreased oral health-related quality of life. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Women were found to be more affected than men, and there is a tendency for the younger age groups to have more anxiety. 12 Dental anxiety was found to have a direct relationship with pain perception.…”

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Salivary Cortisol, Salivary Alpha Amylase, and the Dental Anxiety Scale

Sadi¹,

Finkelman²,

Rosenberg

2013

Anesthesia Progress

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The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between dental anxiety, salivary cortisol, and salivary alpha amylase (sAA) levels. Furthermore, the aim was to look into individual differences such as age, race, gender, any existing pain, or traumatic dental experience and their effect on dental anxiety. This study followed a cross-sectional design and included a convenience sample of 46. Every patient was asked to complete the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and a basic demographic/dental history questionnaire. A saliva sample, utilizing the method of passive drooling, was then collected in 2-mL cryovials. Samples were analyzed for salivary cortisol and sAA levels by Salimetrics. Significant associations were observed between DAS scores and presence of pain and history of traumatic dental experience. However, no significant correlations were observed between DAS, cortisol, and sAA levels. Our study reconfirms that dental anxiety is associated with presence of pain and a history of traumatic dental experience. On the other hand, our study was the first to our knowledge to test the correlation between the DAS and sAA; nevertheless, our results failed to show any significant correlation between dental anxiety, cortisol, and sAA levels.

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Salivary Cortisol, Salivary Alpha Amylase, and the Dental Anxiety Scale

Sadi¹,

Finkelman²,

Rosenberg

2013

Anesthesia Progress

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“…Većina pacijenata koja ju je doživjela smatra to jednim od najgorih iskustava u životu [24,25]. Svi pacijenti u našem istraživanju su pokazali viši stepen anksioznosti u odnosu na stepen anksioznosti koji su konstatovali Le Compte i saradnici [26].…”

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Značaj prevencije anksioznosti kod oralno–hirurškog zahvata

Ibragimagić-Šeper

Selimović

Oruč

2016

Biomedicinska istraž.

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Kratak sadržajUvod. Cilj istraživanja je bio procjenjivanje anksioznosti vezane za hirurško ekstrahovanje impaktiranih trećih molara pomoću Spilbergovih koeficijenata anksioznosti što omogućava da se preporuči odgovarajuća premedikacija.Metode. U istraživanje je bio uključen 501 pacijent, 293 muškog i 208 ženskog pola, starosti od 18 do 45 godina. Nivo anksioznosti se procjenjivao upotrebom STAI obrazaca (X1 i X2) i to se sprovodilo dan prije intervencije, na dan intervencije i dan poslije intervencije.Rezultati. Vrijednosti koeficijenta anksioznosti procijenjene Spilbergovim obrascima, a izmjerene dan prije i na dan intervencije ne pokazuju statistički značajne razlike, ali vrijednosti izmjerene na dan poslije intervencije pokazuju statistički značajno niže vrijednosti u odnosu na prva dva dana (p<0,01). Vrijednosti Hi-kvadrat testa na dan prije intervencije bile su: za X1 je χ 2 = 114,912, za X2 je χ 2 = 113,906; na dan intervencije za X1 je χ 2 = 122,273, za X2 je χ 2 = 119,511; dan poslije intervencije za X1 je χ 2 = 88,483, za X2 je χ 2 = 81,826 i potvrđuju da postoji statistički značajna razlika između nominalnih grupa Spilbergovih koeficijenta anksioznosti X1 i X2, odnosno izrazitije su zastupljene grupe normalna, visoka i vrlo visoka anksioznost.Zaključak. Vrijednosti Spilbergovih koeficijenata anksioznosti X1 i X2 dobijene u ovom istraživanju govore da povećanje koeficijenta na dan prije intervencije podrazumijeva sličnu vrijednost na dan same intervencije, što može značajno otežati samu intervenciju. Odgovarajuća premedikacija na dan same intervencije bila bi izuzetno korisna za pacijente, odnosno za izvođenje same intervencije. Smanjenje vrijednosti praćenih parametara na dan nakon intervencije pokazuje psihičko rasterećenje pacijenata, s obzirom da je oralno-hirurška intervencija završena.Ključne riječi: anksioznost, ekstrakcija impaktiranih zuba, Spilbergov koeficijent anksioznosti

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“…In dental profession, apart from anxiety due to phobia from dentists and their practice, toothache is the most likely symptom that may warrant patients to embark on self-medication [7,8,9,10]. The rite of consuming those remedies for self medication is increasing particularly in developing countries, although it has a serious side effects it wasn't surveyed enough by researches to consider an action for its control [11].…”

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Self-Care Remedies Used to Relieve Dental Pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan

Ahmed¹,

Ali²,

Siddiq³

et al. 2017

IJDSR

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Aim and objectives:This study aimed to identify self-care remedies used to relieve dental pain among Sudanese in Khartoum state, 2016Khartoum state, -2017, with assessment of related concerns such as predisposing reasons, and consequences associated with this usage. Methods and tools: The appropriate sample was obtained by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by investigator-handled community-based questionnaire and all statistical analysis was done using IBM statistical package of social science (SPSS) statistics version 22. Results: The study included 384 participants (75.5% male, and 24.5% female). Age of the participants started from 18 years old with most of the respondents aged between third to fifth decades of life. The most frequently used remedy was cloves (33.8%) alongside with a wide variety of other remedies. The potentiating factors for this usage included personal preference (47.4%), self apprehension (23.7%), high costs and lack of dental health services (22.4% and 5.2% respectively) and combination of some reasons. Although a number of complications were associated with those remedies such as pain (7.5%), burning sensation (4.2%), irritation (2.3%), discoloration (2.1%), bad smell (1.3%), 73.2% of participants stated that they would encourage other people to use those self-care remedies. This suggests a low level of awareness about the risk of oral health problems among the study population. Conclusion: Cloves is the most commonly used self-care remedy by the participants. Personal preference, among others, is the most predisposing motive for this usage. Upgrading awareness about risk of oral health problems, expanding health insurance services to include dental health care services, and demonstration of rational use of overthe-counter medicaments is needed.

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Anxiety and Quality of Life in Phobic Dental Patients

Cited by 43 publications

References 16 publications

Salivary Cortisol, Salivary Alpha Amylase, and the Dental Anxiety Scale

Salivary Cortisol, Salivary Alpha Amylase, and the Dental Anxiety Scale

Značaj prevencije anksioznosti kod oralno–hirurškog zahvata

Self-Care Remedies Used to Relieve Dental Pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan

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