Assessment of anxiety frequency and its trigger factors in patients referred to general dental offices in the city of Hamedan in 2005
| Autor: | Farhadinasab A., Shekofteh Rad A., Mani Kashani Kh. |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Dental Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 36-40 (2008) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1024-641X 2008-2444 |
| Popis: | "nBackground and Aim: Oral health is a sign of overall health. Sometimes fear of dental office deprives patients from receiving proper care. This problem decreases the self-esteem of dentists and can also reduce health indices. Understanding anxiety factors may help solve this problem. The purpose of this study was to assess anxiety in patients undergoing treatment in dental offices in the city of Hamedan. "nMaterials and Methods: In this analytic cross sectional study patients above 9 years old and referred to general dental offices in Hamedan were randomly selected and surveyed with questionnaires in two stages. The first questionnaire included 17 standard items based on Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and screened anxious patients. Then 400 anxious patients were evaluated with a questionnaire of 64 items based on Corah scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS 13 with multivariate analysis of variance. P |
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