Relación de la ansiedad con el dolor reportado por pacientes sometidos a tratamiento endodóntico en clínicas odontológicas de la USTA durante el 2018

Abstract

As a specialty of dentistry, endodontics assess people who may present pain and anxiety in different degrees caused by different situations. Objective: To evaluate the relationship of anxiety and pain in patients undergoing endodontic treatment at Santo Tomas University, taking 176 patients between 18 and 65 years of age of both sexes regardless of the pulpal diagnosis, taking into account the acceptance of participation in the study and after signing the informed consent. Method: The study evaluated anxiety and pain before and after the procedure. The Corah dental anxiety scale (DAS) was used to assess anxiety and the visual analogue scale (VAS) to assess pain. A univariate and bivariate statistical analysis was carried out taking into account the nature of the variables. Results: 51% of the studied population reported a level of mild anxiety, 23.3% moderate anxiety and 14.2% severe anxiety in relation to endodontic treatment. It was also found that women between 18 and 29 years reported a higher level of anxiety than men. In relation to the manifestation of pain before the consultation, only 23% of people reported it. The pain reported after the consultation was manifested by 38% of the people