A qualitative study of patients' views of techniques to reduce dental anxiety
| Autor: | Julia Csikar, Gail Douglas, Karen Vinall-Collier, Min-Ching Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Population Dentists Dental fear Patient Care Planning 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Behavior Therapy Surveys and Questionnaires Dental Anxiety medicine Humans Psychiatry education Dental Care General Dentistry Qualitative Research media_common Dentist-Patient Relations Practice Patterns Dentists' Teamwork education.field_of_study 030504 nursing Reproducibility of Results 030206 dentistry Middle Aged medicine.disease stomatognathic diseases Preparedness Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Thematic analysis 0305 other medical science Psychology Clinical psychology Qualitative research Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of dentistry. 66 |
| ISSN: | 1879-176X 0300-5712 |
| Popis: | Objectives To explore the fear/anxiety inducing triggers associated with dental treatment, and what dentally anxious adults would like from their dental encounter. Methods Two focus-groups and three interviews with fourteen dentally-anxious people were conducted in this qualitative study. All discussions were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Content was categorised by common characteristics to identify underlying themes using thematic analysis. Results Four themes were identified to bring general meaning within the content: 1. Preparedness, 2. Teamwork, 3. Reinforced trust, 4. Tailored treatment plan. Conclusions Preparatory information may need to be tailored and comprehensive, yet dissociative and reassuring. Dentally-anxious people might want a sense of control and shared-decision making. They may not want dentists to understate the treatment procedures and risks to make them feel better temporarily. Clinical significance Dental anxiety affects between 10 and 60% of the population. Participants in this study suggested different ways the dental team could help their anxiety. Therefore, it is key for whole dental team to find out what could be done to help dentally anxious patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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