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ArticleBMC oral health2018

Dental anxiety in patients attending a student dental clinic.

Marie L Caltabiano, Felicity Croker, Lauren Page, Anton Sklavos, Jade Spiteri, Louise Hanrahan, Richard Choi

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Article in BMC oral health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05164068 (Effect of an Informative Video Upon Anxiety and Stress in Patients Requiring an Oral Biopsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05164068 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effect of an Informative Video Upon Anxiety and Stress in Patients Requiring an Oral Biopsy

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad de MurciaRan2020 to 2021Enrolled120ConditionsAnxiety, DentalArmsInformation video
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Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marie L CaltabianoPsychology, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, McGregor Road, Smithfield, Cairns, Qld, 4878, Australia. marie.caltabiano@jcu.edu.au.
Felicity CrokerCollege of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Lauren PageCollege of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Anton SklavosCollege of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Jade SpiteriCollege of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Louise HanrahanCollege of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Richard ChoiCollege of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
James Cook University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study investigated the expectations and experiences of a sample of new patients visiting an Australian regional university Student Dental Clinic with regard to anxiety provoking and alleviating stimuli in the clinical environment. Differences in anxiety levels were examined by age, gender and the type of procedure undergone.

methodsThe number of dental patients who participated in the study was 102 (56 males, 43 females). The study used a pre-treatment/post-treatment design to assess the effect of the dental procedure on anxiety levels of patients. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used to measure anxiety levels in patients at pre-treatment. Questions were also asked about factors which may increase (length of the appointment, invasiveness of procedure) or decrease (perceived student interpersonal skills and clinical ability) dental fear.

resultsFemales reported higher total MDAS scores (M = 11.93) compared to males (M = 9.94). Younger patients (M = 12.15) had higher dental anxiety than older patients (M = 9.34). There was a reduction in dental anxiety from pre-treatment (M = 1.92) to post-treatment (M = 1.23) on the single item anxiety measure though most of the treatment being undergone by patients was for less complex procedures.

conclusionsPatients' anticipatory experience of anxiety was higher than the anxiety experience after having undergone treatment at the student dental clinic. Student interpersonal skills and clinical ability as perceived by the patient can lessen dental anxiety in patients. Clinical Supervisor-student ratios need to be more equivalent in order to reduce the time length of appointments which currently are associated with increased patient anxiety levels in student dental clinics.

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AdultAge FactorsAustraliaDental AnxietyHumansMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSex FactorsStudent Health ServicesSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAustraliaDental anxietyStudent dentistUniversity dental clinic

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