NIVELES DE ANSIEDAD EN LA CONSULTA ODONTOLÓGICA EN PACIENTES ADULTOS ATENDIDOS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS
Objectives: to determine the levels of anxiety in adult patients attending consultation and dental treatment, identifying the presence and frequency of triggers anxiety and relate them to the sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.Methods: a cross- sectional study, with a sample of...
| Autor Principal: | Martínez López, Carmen Alodia; U. Santo Tomás |
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| Otros Autores: | Ramos Castañeda, Angie Paola; U. Santo Tomás, Mantilla García, María Alejandra; U. Santo Tomás, Duran Rueda, Alejandra Lizeth; U. Santo Tomás, Valencia Rodríguez, Leslie Andreina; U. Santo Tomás |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Universidad Santo Tomás Seccional Bucaramanga
2014
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http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1729 |
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Objectives: to determine the levels of anxiety in adult patients attending consultation and dental treatment, identifying the presence and frequency of triggers anxiety and relate them to the sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.Methods: a cross- sectional study, with a sample of 355 adult patients attending dental clinics St. Thomas University in the first half of 2014. A survey previously validated was applied to establish the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, as well as the test of dental anxiety of Norman Corah. The information was recorded in a database using the Epi -Info version 3.2.2 program, descriptive statistics for qualitative variables measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables was used, for bivariate analysis Chi squared test was used. Each patient voluntarily agree to participate.Results: there was no evidence of anxiety in 197 (55.6%) subjects; the most frequently anxiety level was “moderate” for 102 participants (28.8%), and “severe anxiety” in 34 cases (9.6%). The dental procedures that generated higher levels of anxiety were endodontic and dental extraction. We found an association between the different levels of anxiety and the variables age (p = 0.001), marital status (p = 0.010) and educational level (p = 0.036).Conclusions: the application of the test of Norman Corah allows establish that a high percentage of patients referred no anxiety about dental care and patients who reported moderate anxiety is the most representative. Endodontic treatments and extraction require troncular or infiltrative anesthesia, which increases anxiety found during the procedure. |
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