STUDY REGARDING THE ANXIETY LEVEL OF PATIENTS FROM THE EMERGENCY DENTAL OFFICE WITHIN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF MOBILE EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR RESUSCITATION AND EXTRICATION (UPU-SMURD) SIBIU
Abstract:
Our study is based on identifying the level of anxiety as state and trait of patients presenting at
the Emergency Dental Office from the County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Sibiu. The tool used is the
state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI). The results show an increase in the level of state anxiety at the same
time with the increase of the education level, while the level of trait anxiety is slightly lower in those with
higher education than the rest. In males, the level of state anxiety regarding the dental interventions and
the level of trait anxiety was significantly associated with the age of the respondents. State anxiety
scores regarding dental interventions have positively associated with anxiety scores as a personal trait.
Over 70% of STAI-STAIT and STAI-TRAIT values were above the average and significantly higher than
the validated average values for the Romanian population.
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