Catastrophizing, anxiety and pain during dental hygiene treatment |
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Authors: | MJ Sullivan NR Neish |
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Affiliation: | Section for Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Box 94, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relations between catastrophizing, dental anxiety, and pain during dental hygiene treatment. METHODS: Participants were 78 (32 men, 46 women) consecutive referrals to the Dalhousie University Dental Clinic. All patients were scheduled for a scaling procedure performed by senior dental hygiene students. Following treatment, patients completed the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the Dental Anxiety Scale - Revised, and were asked to rate the degree of pain they experienced during the scaling procedure. RESULTS: Regression analyses revealed that age and the rumination subscale of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale were significant predictors of pain, even when controlling for gender, and oral hygiene status. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that excessive focus on pain sensations may be one of the mechanisms by which catastrophizing leads to increased pain. The clinical challenges will be to develop cost- and time-effective means of identifying individuals who catastrophize and to implement interventions to reduce their level of distress. |
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