Anxiety in patients and its relation with patients’ psychospiritual behaviors

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The goal of this research was to study the rate of anxiety due to dental procedures in patients referring to dental clinics in Kerman, Iran, according to Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and its relation with psychospiritual behaviors.METHODS: The study participants were selected from among those referring to dental offices, dental university, and city clinics and sampling was performed using simple sampling (۴۰۵ individuals). The collected data were analyzed using χ۲ test and t-test in SPSS software. Multivariate regression was also used in order to study the relation between anxiety rate and psychospiritual disorders.RESULTS: The study was performed on ۱۹۸ men and ۲۰۷ women with an average age of ۳۸.۵ ± ۴.۲ years. Women, young men, and people with higher educational degrees had more referrals in a shorter period than men, elderly individuals, and people with lower educational level. The results of this survey demonstrated that those who had answered yes to the questions related to behavior had cancelled more of their dental appointments or had not referred. This study showed that ۱۲۵ individuals (۳۱.۰%) were anxiety free, ۲۰۲ (۴۹.۸%) had moderate anxiety, and ۶۰ (۱۸.۸%) had severe anxiety. There was a clear association between sex, age, educational degree, and annual referrals and anxiety rate.CONCLUSION: This study showed that gender, age, educational level, and annual number of referrals are effective factors on patient’s anxiety rate. Moreover, there was a meaningful association between cancelled or missed appointments and depression, mood change, and avoiding the dentist.

کلیدواژه ها:

Anxiety ، Behavior ، Surveys and Questionnaires ، Dentistry