BARRETO, J. O.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3899265940159424; BARRETO, Jaqueline Oliveira.
Résumé:
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.
