Dentist–patient communication on dental anxiety using the social media

A randomized controlled trial

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ID21391971
AutoresEfe Can Sivrikaya (0000-0001-6798-7610, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dentistry Karadeniz Teknik University Trabzon 61080 Turkey), Aynur A Dayanik, Onur Yilmaz (0000-0002-0460-7649, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dentistry Karadeniz Teknik University Trabzon 61080 Turkey), Craig G Nevill-Manning, Pinar Sivrikaya (0000-0002-4954-5365, Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Rize Turkey), Rose Oughtred (0000-0002-6475-3373)
Ano2021
Volume62
Fascículo6
Páginas780-786
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.12769
OpenAlexW34333783
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas36

The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of dentist–patient communication via social media on dental anxiety and to determine the appropriate timing of such communications. In this randomized, double‐blinded and controlled trial, we used Instagram’s quick replies system to answer patients' questions to alleviate dental anxiety for patients undergoing impacted teeth extraction under local anesthesia. Patients were assigned randomly into four groups according to the timing of such communications: only after (group 1, n = 36), only before (group 2, n = 35), before and after the operation (group 3, n = 36), and a control group who received no communication on social media (group 4, n = 36). Dental anxiety was evaluated one week before (pre‐op) and after the operation (post‐op) using recognized assessment scales –the Spielberger’s State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The results showed that the post‐op values of group 4 had higher anxiety scores than the groups 2 and 3 according to VAS ( p p

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