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Anxiety and pain experience of patients undergoing intra‐oral buccal mucosa biopsy
Author(s) -
Barrett C.S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-248x.2010.01064.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , anxiety , buccal mucosa , trait anxiety , oral mucosa , dentistry , pathology , psychiatry , oral cavity
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate anxiety levels, expected pain and actual pain experienced by patients undergoing intra‐oral biopsy. Materials and methods: Forty‐four patients who required a single site, buccal mucosa biopsy under local anaesthesia as their first ever oral biopsy were recruited. Data were collected immediately before and after their biopsy procedure. This included demographic information, state and trait sections of Spielberger's State Trait Anxiety Inventory and 100 mm visual analogue scales for expected pain and actual pain. Data were analysed using paired t ‐tests, independent t ‐tests and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. Results and conclusions: Patients were anxious pre‐operatively (mean s‐anxiety 42.02), which was a highly statistically significant rise above baseline ( P < 0.001). Patients expected (40.4) significantly ( P < 0.001) higher pain from the procedure than they actually experienced (4.5). There were some indicators that women and patients with high trait anxiety were more likely to be anxious pre‐operatively.