Avaliação de ansiedade em pacientes submetidos a cirurgias orais: projeto piloto

Abstract

Introduction: Anxiety is an emotional state that precedes an encounter with a thematic situation, with dental anxiety being one of the greatest barriers to dental treatment. Their analysis has encouraged the development of a variety of measures. Most of them are given through questionnaires, in which the individuals themselves are invited to size their own anxiety. Objectives: To evaluate the anxiety in patients submitted to oral surgeries, correlating the results obtained. Materials and methods: The results were obtained through the use of two instruments, a STAI (Personality Inventory of the Trait State) scale and the Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (Corah-DAS), being a non-randomized and prospective study with A sample of twenty patients, who were assessed for anxiety at three different times, responding to the two scales on the day of the initial consultation that occurred seven days before surgery (phase 1), thirty minutes before procedure 2), and Before the removal of the suture, seven days after the surgical procedure (phase 3). Results: The female patients were more anxious at all moments evaluated, in addition, a correlation according to the De Spearman coefficient (r = 0.616) between a CORAH x IDATE-E scale (P <0.0001). On the correlation of CORAH x IDATE-T, it was possible to observe a weak correlation (r = 0.332; P = 0.0096) with a statistically significant index for both. Conclusion: As CORAH, IDATE- T and IDATE-E scales showed correlation And can provide information about anxiety, Thus the use of these scales may help dentists to identify anxious patients.