Pain Catastrophizing in Dental Students and its Relation with Dental Anxiety and Pain Intensity

Year 2023, , 146 - 151, 27.12.2023

Halenur Altan , Ömer Karakaş , Kiraz Sidal Tuğba Şen Nihal Altunok Ünlü

https://doi.org/10.51122/neudentj.2023.70

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pain catastrophizing and dental anxiety among dental students. Additionally, we explore the relation of pain catastrophizing scores with gender, pain intensity and dental treatment experience.
Material and Methods: This questionnaire study was conducted among dental students in 2020. The questionnaire, which was prepared via Google forms and students studying in different faculties of dentistry filled out the questionnaire via e-mail. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (C-DAS), and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), helped the clinician examine how the participants felt and what they thought regarding pain, were used. Spearman's rho correlation was used to analyze the correlations between the variables. The MANOVA test was used to evaluate whether the main effects of gender, term, and treatment on C-DAS and PCS were significant.
Results: Of the total, 22.5% of the students were considered to be catastrophic individuals. According to the regression model, a one-unit increase in VAS value led to an increase of 0.164 in the total PCS score. Similarly, while the increase in the C-DAS score led to an increase of 0.575 in the PCS score, girls' PCS score was higher by 4.091.
Conclusion: Our study is the first to report the prevalence of pain catastrophizing among dental students and the effect of gender and PCS-subscales. The increased knowledge level of dental students about pain may effectively reduce the tendency toward pain catastrophizing.

Keywords

pain catastrophizing, dental anxiety, dental student

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Diş Hekimliği Öğrencilerinde Ağrı Felaketleştirmenin Dental Anksiyete ve Ağrı Şiddeti ile İlişkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı diş hekimliği öğrencileri arasında ağrı felaketleştirme ve dental anksiyeteyi değerlendirmektir. Ek olarak, ağrı felaketleştirme puanlarının cinsiyet, ağrı şiddeti ve dental tedavi deneyimi ile ilişkisini araştırdık.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu anket çalışması 2020 yılında diş hekimliği öğrencileri arasında yapılmıştır. Google formları aracılığıyla hazırlanan anket ve farklı diş hekimliği fakültelerinde okuyan öğrenciler anketi e-posta yoluyla doldurmuştur. Görsel Analog Skala (VAS), Corah's Dental Anksiyete Skalası (C-DAS) ve Ağrı Felaket Skalası (PCS), klinisyenin katılımcıların nasıl hissettiklerini ve ağrı hakkında ne düşündüklerini incelemesine yardımcı oldu. Değişkenler arasındaki korelasyonları analiz etmek için Spearman's rho korelasyonu kullanıldı. MANOVA testi, cinsiyet, dönem ve tedavinin C-DAS ve PCS üzerindeki ana etkilerinin anlamlı olup olmadığını değerlendirmek için kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Öğrencilerin %22,5'i felaket durumdaki bireyler olarak değerlendirildi. Regresyon modeline göre VAS değerindeki bir birimlik artış toplam PCS puanında 0.164'lük bir artışa neden olmuştur. Benzer şekilde, C-DAS puanındaki artış, PCS puanında 0,575'lik bir artışa yol açarken, kızların PCS puanı 4.091'den daha yüksekti.
Sonuç: Çalışmamız diş hekimliği öğrencileri arasında ağrıyı felaketleştirme prevalansını ve cinsiyetin ve PCS-alt ölçeklerinin etkisini bildiren ilk çalışmadır. Diş hekimliği öğrencilerinin ağrı hakkında artan bilgi düzeyi, ağrıyı felaketleştirme eğilimini etkili bir şekilde azaltabilir.

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Ağrı Felaketi, Dental Anksiyete, Diş Hekimliği Öğrencisi

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