The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients
Objectives: to compare the level of anxiety reported by patients and assessed by dentists. Also, the expected and actual pain during the treatment perceived by the patient and dentist were assessed. Methods: sixty six endodontic patients filled in two questionnaires, prior to and after the treatment...
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| author | Ivana Perković Marina Perić Martina ROMIĆ KNEŽEVIĆ Silvana JUKIĆ KRMEK |
| author_facet | Ivana Perković Marina Perić Martina ROMIĆ KNEŽEVIĆ Silvana JUKIĆ KRMEK |
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| description | Objectives: to compare the level of anxiety reported by patients and assessed by dentists. Also, the expected and actual pain during the treatment perceived by the patient and dentist were assessed. Methods: sixty six endodontic patients filled in two questionnaires, prior to and after the treatment, so did their therapists. The first set of questions for patients was regarding demographics, the frequency of dental visits, the level of anxiety and expectations about the level of pain. Before the treatment, dentists estimated the level of patients’ anxiety and the expected intensity of pain. After the treatment, the patients evaluated the level of experienced pain and dentists’ empathy during the treatment, while dentists reassessed the intensity of patients’ pain.The data were statistically analysed by t-test for paired samples and by Spearmans’s Rho correlation coefficient at level of significance set at 0.05. Results: Patients’ expectation of pain intensity was higher than the actual pain during the treatment (t-test=3.540, p=0.001). There was no difference in the level of pain which dentists expected and their perception of pain during the procedure. There was a statistically significant correlation between the patients’ level of anxiety and recognition of it by dentists (Spearman Rho=0.460, p<0.001). A higher level of anxiety increased the expected intensity of pain (Spearman Rho=0.401, p=0.001). Actual intensity of pain was not significantly associated with dental anxiety (Spearman Rho=0.080, p=0.524). Conclusion: Since the level of dental anxiety was associated with the increased intensity of expected pain, a vicious cycle of pain and anxiety may be terminated by giving positive information to the patient before and during endodontic procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82aefd0b23b94287bd5713fa9ae9afa92024-04-15T13:36:45ZengUniversity of Zagreb. School of Dental MedicineActa Stomatologica Croatica0001-70191846-04102014-01-0148425826710.15644/asc48/4/3The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic PatientsIvana Perković0Marina Perić1Martina ROMIĆ KNEŽEVIĆ2Silvana JUKIĆ KRMEK3Healt Center Livno, Bosnia and HerzegovinaPrivate Practice of Dental Medicine, Zagreb, CroatiaPrivate Practice of Dental Medicine, Samobor, CroatiaDepartment of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, CroatiaObjectives: to compare the level of anxiety reported by patients and assessed by dentists. Also, the expected and actual pain during the treatment perceived by the patient and dentist were assessed. Methods: sixty six endodontic patients filled in two questionnaires, prior to and after the treatment, so did their therapists. The first set of questions for patients was regarding demographics, the frequency of dental visits, the level of anxiety and expectations about the level of pain. Before the treatment, dentists estimated the level of patients’ anxiety and the expected intensity of pain. After the treatment, the patients evaluated the level of experienced pain and dentists’ empathy during the treatment, while dentists reassessed the intensity of patients’ pain.The data were statistically analysed by t-test for paired samples and by Spearmans’s Rho correlation coefficient at level of significance set at 0.05. Results: Patients’ expectation of pain intensity was higher than the actual pain during the treatment (t-test=3.540, p=0.001). There was no difference in the level of pain which dentists expected and their perception of pain during the procedure. There was a statistically significant correlation between the patients’ level of anxiety and recognition of it by dentists (Spearman Rho=0.460, p<0.001). A higher level of anxiety increased the expected intensity of pain (Spearman Rho=0.401, p=0.001). Actual intensity of pain was not significantly associated with dental anxiety (Spearman Rho=0.080, p=0.524). Conclusion: Since the level of dental anxiety was associated with the increased intensity of expected pain, a vicious cycle of pain and anxiety may be terminated by giving positive information to the patient before and during endodontic procedures.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/194765Dental AnxietyPainEndodontics |
| spellingShingle | Ivana Perković Marina Perić Martina ROMIĆ KNEŽEVIĆ Silvana JUKIĆ KRMEK The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients Acta Stomatologica Croatica Dental Anxiety Pain Endodontics |
| title | The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients |
| title_full | The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients |
| title_fullStr | The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients |
| title_short | The Level of Anxiety and Pain Perception of Endodontic Patients |
| title_sort | level of anxiety and pain perception of endodontic patients |
| topic | Dental Anxiety Pain Endodontics |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/194765 |
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