Dental Anxiety and Illness Behaviour

K, Portmann; Radanov, Bogdan P.

doi:10.1159/000289124

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“…An inverse relationship between anxiety regarding medical procedures and preventive behaviours seemed to be supported by a study in dentistry [121], where high dental anxiety was associated with a poor tendency to adopt healthy behaviours, as assessed by the health habits scale.…”

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The Illness Attitude Scales

Sirri

Grandi²,

Fava³

2008

Psychother Psychosom

117

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Background: The Illness Attitude Scales (IAS) were developed by Robert Kellner as a clinimetric index for measuring hypochondriacal fears and beliefs (worry about illness, concerns about pain, health habits, hypochondriacal beliefs, thanatophobia, disease phobia, bodily preoccupations, treatment experience and effects of symptoms). The IAS have been extensively used in the past two decades, but there has been no comprehensive review of their properties and applications. Methods: A review of the literature using both computerized (Medline, PsycINFO) and manual searches was performed. Results: The IAS were found to successfully discriminate between hypochondriacal patients and control subjects, and between patients with various manifestations of illness behaviour. They showed a high test-retest reliability in normal subjects, and changed in the expected direction after treatment of hypochondriasis. The IAS were also positively related to other hypochondriasis-related measures, and yielded important information in a variety of medical and surgical settings. Their content has paved the way for the development of some of the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research. Conclusions: The clinimetric properties and high sensitivity of the IAS make them the gold standard for the self-rated assessment of hypochondriacal fears and beliefs.

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The Illness Attitude Scales

Sirri

Grandi²,

Fava³

2008

Psychother Psychosom

117

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“…Dental anxiety also appears to be a gender-specific phenomenon being significantly correlated with the female gender (11). Patients' perception of pain and dental anxiety is also found to differ with individual characteristics such as age, smoking and oral health status (3).…”

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Relationship between dental anxiety and pain perception during scaling

2011

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Dental pain, anxiety and fear are important factors that prevent patients from seeking dental care. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the pain perception of patients during scaling and its relationship with dental anxiety. One hundred dental patients participated in the study. Pain levels after scaling were assessed with a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and an Anxiety Questionnaire consisting of seven questions. The mean VAS score for the entire study group was 17.3 ± 13.8 with no statistically significant differences between gender and different age groups. The mean anxiety score was 11.66 ± 4.17. This was significantly higher in women (P = 0.005), but there were no statistically significant differences between different age groups. There was a statistically significant correlation between VAS and total anxiety score (P < 0.001) as well as each question, except for questions number 3 and 4 in men. Patients were found to experience only limited pain during scaling. They were anxious because they expected pain, women being more anxious than men. Hence, dentists should seek to alleviate or reduce pain and anxiety related to treatment not only to successfully complete the treatment, but also to sustain and carry the patients into successful maintenance and patient recall. (J Oral Sci 53, 341-348, 2011)

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“…Dental anxiety refers to the phenomenon where patients exhibit various degrees of fear and tension in the process of dental diagnosis and treatment and increased sensitivity, decreased tolerance, and even avoidance of treatment [ 3 ]. Patients may resist treatment for fear of pain or specific procedures, which can seriously impact the quality of treatment and ultimately damage oral health [ 4 ]. The current study found that patients with high levels of dental anxiety are more likely to exhibit psychological characteristics such as nervousness, indicating that dental anxiety may be related to individual personality characteristics [ 5 ].…”

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Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Perfectionism in Patients with Aesthetic All-Ceramic Repair of Anterior Teeth

Luo

Gao

et al. 2021

Med Sci Monit

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Background Many psychological problems arising from patients undergoing aesthetic repair of teeth should be considered. However, there are no published studies on the relationship between anxiety/depression and perfectionism in patients with aesthetic repair of anterior teeth. Material/Methods A total of 640 patients receiving aesthetic repair of anterior teeth were assessed using the Corah dental anxiety scale (CDAS), a self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), a self-rating depression scale (SDS), and the Chinese version of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Psychological Scale (CFMPS). Statistical analyses included use of the independent-samples t test, correlation analysis, and multiple stepwise regression analysis. Results We found that 156 patients with a high dental anxiety disorder had significantly greater SAS and SDS scores than those without a high dental anxiety disorder. There were significant differences between these patients and the non-high dental anxiety group, based on 3 dimensions of the CFMPS: concern over mistakes (CM), doubt about action (DA), and organization (OR). Patients with dental anxiety had a significant positive correlation with SAS in the categories CM and DA, with SDS in the categories CM and DA, and with personal standard (PS); OR was negatively correlated with SAS and SDS scores. Regression analysis showed that the CM and OR dimension scores of CFMPS and age had strong predictive effects on SAS scores, while CM, DA, PS dimension scores, and age were strong predictors of SDS scores. Conclusions The incidence of dental anxiety prior to anterior tooth repair treatment is high, and patients with dental anxiety have a significant tendency toward pursuing perfectionism.

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Dental Anxiety and Illness Behaviour

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

The Illness Attitude Scales

The Illness Attitude Scales

Relationship between dental anxiety and pain perception during scaling

Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Perfectionism in Patients with Aesthetic All-Ceramic Repair of Anterior Teeth

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