Assessment of Fear of Pain in Patients With Osteoporosis and Chronic Periodontitis

Abstract

Subject. Fear of future pain.
 Objectives. To assess relationship between age and fear of future pain in women who were diagnosed with osteoporosis and chronic periodontitis.
 Methodology. The study was carried out by the Department of Preventive Dentistry and Propedeutics of Dental Disease, Ural State Medical University, and the Department of Control Systems Modeling, Ural Federal University. First, the review of domestic and foreign research literature was carried out. Next, the group of female participants was formed to take online survey; statistical analyses of the outcomes was carried out. Then, generalization involved results and conclusions, writing a research paper. To assess fears of future pain, the patients who met the following criteria were selected: women after the age of 45 with the known history of osteoporosis and chronic periodontitis, without any psychiatric disorders, who agreed and gave their written informed consents to participate in the research study. For assessment of fears of future pain, the Fear of Pain Questionnaire (FPQ-III) was completed by the women with osteoporosis and chronic generalized periodontitis. FPQ-III consists of 30 items divided into three subscales: Fear of Sever Pain, Fear of Minor Pain, and Fear of Medical Pain. Results of FPQ-III were rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5. The total score (from 30 to 150) and subscale scores (from 10 to 50) were calculated for each participant.
 Conclusion. The study found the positive linear relation between age and fear of future severe pain in women with osteoporosis and chronic periodontitis from both age groups (p ≤ 0.05). No relation between Fear of Minor Pain and Medical Pain was found (p ≥ 0.05).