Anxiety before dental surgery under local anesthesia: reducing the items on state anxiety in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-form X
Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
;
: 183-190, 2017.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-203998
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
It is important to evaluate preoperative anxiety and prepare sedation when performing dental surgery under local anesthesia. Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is useful for predicting preoperative anxiety. State anxiety is defined as a subjective feeling of nervousness. Reduction in the number of the state anxiety items (questions) will be clinically important in allowing us to predict anxiety more easily.METHODS:
We analyzed the STAI responses from 1,252 patients who visited our institution to undergo dental surgery under local anesthesia. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted for 9 groups comprising anxiety level determinations using the STAI; we then developed a coefficient of determination and a regression formula. We searched for a group satisfying the largest number of requirements for regression expression while setting any necessary conditions for accurately predicting anxiety before dental surgery under local anesthesia.RESULTS:
The regression expression from the group determined as normal for preoperative state anxiety was deemed the most suitable for predicting preoperative anxiety.CONCLUSIONS:
It was possible to reduce the number of items in the STAI by focusing on “Preoperative anxiety before dental surgery.”
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Test Anxiety Scale
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Linear Models
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Dental Anxiety
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Anesthesia, Local
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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