口腔修复患者牙科焦虑及相关因素研究
陆英;刘丽;王诗美
【期刊名称】《口腔颌面修复学杂志》 【年(卷),期】2011(012)003
【摘要】Objective: This study was designed to investigate the distribution of dental anxiety in patients undergoing prosthodontic treatment, and to reveal the correlation between dental anxiety and demographic factors and trait anxiety. This survey data may assist to increase the frequency of dental visits and to prompt the corresponding satisfaction. Methods: Subjects consisted of 230 adult patients (twenty to eighty-two years old) undergoing restorative treatment. The patients were asked to complete a self-questionnaire consisting of the demographic information concerning the participants, Corah's dental anxiety scale (DAS), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and questionaire about prosthetics designed by authors. All the statistical analysis was carried out by the SPSS (version 11.5) statistical software package. Results: The average level of anxiety was 9.0 +/-3.1 according to the DAS of the people (the maximum score = 18, the minimum score=4), 13.0% suffered from dental anxiety. A positive correlation was found between dental anxiety and trait anxiety. There was a statistically significant difference between patients who had dentistry experience and the remaining group on the DAS total score (P<0.01). A negative