Influência de informação multimídia sobre ansiedade em pacientes submetidos a procedimentos cirúrgicos ambulatoriais.

Abstract

Although the third molar surgery is routinely performed in an outpatient setting, anxiety about this procedure still plagues patients. The search for information and its easy access can have an influence on it. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a short non-animated video made with photos of a third molar extraction included in the anxiety of patients undergoing this procedure. Fifty volunteers who underwent lower third molar extraction were recruited at the dental clinics of the Federal University of Campina Grande and the University Center of Patos - UNIFIP, in the Department of Bucomaxilofacial Surgery. The subjects were asked to answer some questionnaires, one of which was Corah's dental anxiety scale, and then watched a short video with the surgical content of the procedure. Immediately after that, they answered the same questionnaire. There was a statistical difference between the dental anxiety of the patients before watching the research video and the anxiety after watching (p = 0.000001). However, there was no correlation between the anxiety of the sample and the other variables of the study (search for the procedure on internet, bad dental experiences, never having undergone third molar extraction before, and fear of attending the dental office). Therefore, it is concluded that multimedia information with preoperative surgical content increases the patient's anxiety levels.