Pylińska-Dąbrowska Dorota, Starzyńska Anna, Cubała Wiesław Jerzy, Ragin Karolina, Alterio Daniela, Jereczek-Fossa Barbara Alicja
Oral Surgery Department, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.
Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.
J Clin Med. 2020 Oct 18;9(10):3344. doi: 10.3390/jcm9103344.
The coronavirus pandemic has become a huge global challenge medically, economically and psychologically. The COVID-19 pandemic shows that the population can experience general psychological distress. The sanitary regime in dental offices and lack of vaccine for coronavirus may have an impact on the level of dental anxiety among patients undergoing oral surgery procedures. A clinical study was conducted between November 2019 and September 2020. A total of 175 patients ( = 175) were enrolled in the research. The aim of the study was to assess the attitude of patients towards the new situation related to the reduced availability of dental offices providing oral surgery procedures. The level of anxiety associated with surgical intervention was measured using a self-made COVID-19 questionnaire and the MDAS scale. The ED-5Q questionnaire and EQ-VAS scale were also used in this research. The study showed that 21.9% of respondents presented with increased anxiety about a dental visit compared with the time before the pandemic. This epidemiological situation has led to an overwhelming increase in moderate dental anxiety (M: 11.4) among patients undergoing oral surgery procedures. The quality of patients' health (EQ-VAS) related to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the quarantine decreased by 10 percentage points. Oral surgeons should be prepared for more anxious patients in dental offices during the pandemic.
新冠疫情在医学、经济和心理方面已成为一项巨大的全球性挑战。新冠疫情表明，民众可能会经历普遍的心理困扰。牙科诊所的卫生制度以及缺乏新冠疫苗可能会对接受口腔外科手术的患者的牙科焦虑水平产生影响。2019年11月至2020年9月期间开展了一项临床研究。共有175名患者（n = 175）参与了该研究。该研究的目的是评估患者对与提供口腔外科手术的牙科诊所就诊机会减少这一新情况的态度。使用自制的新冠问卷和MDAS量表来测量与手术干预相关的焦虑水平。本研究还使用了ED - 5Q问卷和EQ - VAS量表。研究表明，与疫情前相比，21.9%的受访者对看牙的焦虑有所增加。这种流行病学情况导致接受口腔外科手术的患者中度牙科焦虑（M：11.4）大幅增加。与新冠疫情和隔离影响相关的患者健康质量（EQ - VAS）下降了10个百分点。在疫情期间，口腔外科医生应对牙科诊所中更多焦虑的患者做好准备。
