Yang Xin, Wang Xiaoxia, Li Zili, Yi Biao, Liang Cheng, Liu Xiaojing, Li Yang, He Wei
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The affiliated Yantai Stomatological Hospital, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China; National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2024 Jun;165(6):628-637. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2023.12.011. Epub 2024 Mar 11.
This study aimed to assess state-trait anxiety level changes in Chinese patients with dentofacial discrepancies before and after orthognathic surgery and to explore the feasibility of developing a reference index for the preoperative screening of postoperative patients with high anxiety.
A total of 96 Chinese patients with dentofacial discrepancies who underwent orthognathic surgery were included in this study. Data were collected before orthognathic surgery and at 2 weeks (T2), 3 months, and 6 months (T4) after surgery using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Receiver operating characteristic and linear regression analyses were performed to screen for preoperative indicators of postoperative high-state anxiety.
State-trait anxiety levels in patients with dentofacial discrepancies decreased after surgery (F = 18.95, P <0.01; F = 6.90, P <0.01). Trait Anxiety Inventory can be used to screen patients with high-state anxiety from T2 to T4 (area under cover 95% confidence interval: T2, 0.74 [0.62-0.86]; 3 months, 0.79 [0.69-0.90]; T4, 0.77 [0.66-0.87], P <0.01), corresponding to cutoff values of 48.5, 46.5, and 45.5, respectively.
All participants' state-trait anxiety levels improved after surgery compared with their preoperative levels. Preoperative trait anxiety levels can be used as a reference indicator to screen patients who may have high-state anxiety levels after orthognathic surgery. The creation of a screening scale will assist health care professionals to more pertinently help patients with high anxiety.
