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Psychological Functioning of Patients Undergoing Oral Surgery Procedures during the Regime Related with SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

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Oral Surgery Department, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122 Milano, Italy
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Division of Radiotherapy, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy
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J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(10), 3344; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103344
Received: 6 September 2020 / Revised: 13 October 2020 / Accepted: 15 October 2020 / Published: 18 October 2020
(This article belongs to the Collection Impact of COVID-19 on the Dental Community)
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 (n = 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. View Full-Text
Keywords: dental anxiety; pandemic; dentistry; oral surgery; dental care; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 dental anxiety; pandemic; dentistry; oral surgery; dental care; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19
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Pylińska-Dąbrowska, D.; Starzyńska, A.; Cubała, W.J.; Ragin, K.; Alterio, D.; Jereczek-Fossa, B.A. Psychological Functioning of Patients Undergoing Oral Surgery Procedures during the Regime Related with SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 3344. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103344

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Pylińska-Dąbrowska D, Starzyńska A, Cubała WJ, Ragin K, Alterio D, Jereczek-Fossa BA. Psychological Functioning of Patients Undergoing Oral Surgery Procedures during the Regime Related with SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(10):3344. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103344

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Pylińska-Dąbrowska, Dorota, Anna Starzyńska, Wiesław J. Cubała, Karolina Ragin, Daniela Alterio, and Barbara A. Jereczek-Fossa. 2020. "Psychological Functioning of Patients Undergoing Oral Surgery Procedures during the Regime Related with SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 10: 3344. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103344

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