The effect of virtual reality glasses on dental anxiety during scaling and root planing in patients with periodontitis: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Autor:	Ceylan, Ezgi, Gurbuz, Ezgi
Předmět:	PERIODONTITIS treatment VIRTUAL reality equipment DENTAL scaling AUDIOVISUAL materials ACADEMIC medical centers T-test (Statistics) DATA analysis RESEARCH funding STATISTICAL sampling TREATMENT effectiveness RANDOMIZED controlled trials SURGICAL therapeutics DESCRIPTIVE statistics MANN Whitney U Test CHI-squared test TOOTH root planing DISTRACTION INTRAOPERATIVE awareness STATISTICS FEAR of dentists POSTOPERATIVE period DATA analysis software OPTICAL head-mounted displays EVALUATION
Zdroj:	International Journal of Dental Hygiene; Aug2024, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p749-757, 9p
Abstrakt:	Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of virtual reality distraction (VRD) on dental anxiety during scaling and root planing (SRP) in periodontitis patients. Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled split‐mouth study included 60 patients who scored 9 or above on the dental anxiety scale (DAS) and required SRP in at least two quadrants with at least five teeth and two sites with a probing depth of ≥4 mm. Randomly chosen quadrants were treated using virtual reality glasses, and other quadrants were treated without glasses at the same visit. During VRD, a video of nature scenes was projected onto the screen in front of the patient's eyes. DAS and a visual analogue scale about patient feelings were applied at the end of the procedure. Results: With VRD, the scale value of pain and discomfort level (VASP) was significantly reduced (p = 0.01, d = 0.57). Starting treatment without glasses significantly decreased VASP in both control and test sides (p = 0.00, d = 0.85; p = 0.00, d = 0.80, respectively) and increased the sensation of immersion and realism (p = 0.03, d = 0.45; p = 0.02, d = 0.46, respectively). Intraoperative and postoperative DAS values were significantly lower in patients who started treatment without VRD (p = 0.04, d = 0.34; p = 0.02, d = 0.44, respectively). Of the patients, 63.3% preferred VRD in the subsequent treatment. While patient preference did not correlate with sex, it correlated with age (r = −0.48, p = 0.01). Conclusions: The VRD and initiating SRP procedure with VRD affected the pain and discomfort level in anxious periodontitis patients. In addition, the anxiety level was also affected by starting the procedure with glasses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
Externí odkaz:	Zobrazit plný text záznamu Plný text