Paper Title :Anxiety Management Strategies in Reducing Anxiety Level Among Pediatric Dental Patients
Author :Cris Anne M. David, Shirley S. Wong
Article Citation :Cris Anne M. David ,Shirley S. Wong ,
(2018 ) " Anxiety Management Strategies in Reducing Anxiety Level Among Pediatric Dental Patients " ,
International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT) ,
pp. 43-50,
Volume-6, Issue-1, Spl. Iss-2
Abstract : Dental anxiety is the main reason why patient avoids and cancels dental appointments. There are different anxiety
management strategies that can be performed to reduce dental anxiety especially in pediatric patients. This study compared
the different anxiety management strategies in reducing anxiety level of pediatric patients. Dental clinicians employed
non-pharmacological strategies namely guided imagery, distraction, tell-show-do, modeling and positive reinforcement when
they have manage their anxious pediatric patients. Pulse oximeter was the tool used as indicator of anxiety levels that were
recorded from the start of the dental appointment, during the treatment (after the anxiety management strategy), and after the
treatment. Subjects of this study belonged to the pediatric dental category. Pediatric patients were chosen through stratified
sampling technique. Subjects were grouped into five according to anxiety management strategies done by the dental clinicians
to their respective pediatric patients. Another group of sample subjects were assigned as control group by which no anxiety
management strategy was done prior to dental treatment. Comparison of the data were statistically computed and represented
by t-test and ANOVA. Although the results of some studies concluded that Tell-Show-Do is the most effective
non-pharmacological anxiety management strategy, it is also reflected in this study with a p-value of 0.036 which is less than
0.05 indicates significant difference among other anxiety management strategies. However, other anxiety management
strategies were also effective at different extent. This study recommends the dental clinicians should practice proper anxiety
management strategies when dealing with anxious dental patients, not only to rely on pharmacologic techniques that can
compromise the health of the patients.
Index Terms- anxiety management, pulse oximeter, dental phobia, pediatric
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-6, Issue-1, Spl. Iss-2
DOIONLINE NO - IJASEAT-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-11703
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