Anxiety in patients and its relation with patients’ psychospiritual behaviors

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, Kerman Social Determinants on Oral Health Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran MSc Student, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, Kerman Social Determinants on Oral Health Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, Kerman Social Determinants on Oral Health Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

4 Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

5 Dentist, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

6 Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

7 Student of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The goal of this research was to study the rate of anxiety due to dental procedures in patients referring to dental clinics in Kerman, Iran, according to Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and its relation with psychospiritual behaviors.
METHODS: The study participants were selected from among those referring to dental offices, dental university, and city clinics and sampling was performed using simple sampling (405 individuals). The collected data were analyzed using χ2 test and t-test in SPSS software. Multivariate regression was also used in order to study the relation between anxiety rate and psychospiritual disorders.
RESULTS: The study was performed on 198 men and 207 women with an average age of 38.5 ± 4.2 years. Women, young men, and people with higher educational degrees had more referrals in a shorter period than men, elderly individuals, and people with lower educational level. The results of this survey demonstrated that those who had answered yes to the questions related to behavior had cancelled more of their dental appointments or had not referred. This study showed that 125 individuals (31.0%) were anxiety free, 202 (49.8%) had moderate anxiety, and 60 (18.8%) had severe anxiety. There was a clear association between sex, age, educational degree, and annual referrals and anxiety rate.
CONCLUSION: This study showed that gender, age, educational level, and annual number of referrals are effective factors on patient’s anxiety rate. Moreover, there was a meaningful association between cancelled or missed appointments and depression, mood change, and avoiding the dentist.

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Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology
Volume 10, Issue 3
July 2021
Pages 150-159

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  • Receive Date: 14 July 2020
  • Revise Date: 07 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 22 July 2021

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